Merge pull request #1051 from Arantor/release-2.1

I like that message. Now tell the author I liked it.
Merge pull request #1052 from Arantor/release-2.1

! Let's actually save our alert preferences.
Merge pull request #1054 from Arantor/release-2.1

Permissions changes
! Add default value for "member_group_request" alert (and the other two as well in Postgres)

Signed-off-by: Michael Eshom <oldiesmann@oldiesmann.us>
Merge pull request #1055 from Oldiesmann/release-2.1

! Add default value for "member_group_request" alert (and the other two ...