FFHS-NEWS Federation of Family History Societies new Forum is now online

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

We have set up an information system, called a Forum, on the website.

 

This is a direct result of a Strategy Meeting held in mid August and
illustrates my commitment to take actions that benefit all our members.  

 

The forum had been discussed prior to the meeting so it was easy to action
this suggestion to improve two-way communications with our members and with
others interested in Family History

 

The forum does not replace the news list, nor the website itself.  It is a
method of allowing exchange of information.  It is open to all.

 

It is a very good way of communicating but it is not something we will force
subscription to.  

 

It will be 'moderated' but not censored.  You can see how it will work by
viewing some of the topics already set up.

 

Please comment back me with ideas, comments etc.  in addition please add any
thoughts on what areas we can cover on it.

 

It will not be a benefit of membership as such, although it will benefit
members and the wider family history community , this will not be exclusive
as it will be in the open area of the website

 

I suggest you initially look at it without logging in, as that is
undoubtedly what most people will do.  You will be able to access all the
areas you can see.  The only thing you cannot do is reply to any postings -
ie it is basically a read only forum.

 

It becomes a two-way forum when you register.  To make your own postings to
the forum you will need to register a username and password - you will also
be asked for an email address.  Once you have registered you will be able to
modify your personal profile by clicking the Profile tab on the main menu,
near the top of the page.  You will also see that there is a Help tab which
contains some basic help information - I suggest you have a good look at
this as it will save explaining a lot of things.

 

Unless you allow your email to be seen by others it will be hidden from
everyone except the Forum Administrator.  If you want to send some a
personal reply to a posting you can send them a personal message via the
Forum.  You do not need to know their email address and indeed if they reply
via the personal message system you will not know it.  Any new Personal
Messages will be notified to you at the email address you have given and be
available via the menu at the top.

 

The forum is at:

 

http://www.ffhs.org.uk/forum/index.php and there is a link from the FFHS
website pages.

 

Please feel free to make comments on the forum about what else we can do
with it.

 

Regards

 

David HOLMAN

Chairman

Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)

Registered Charity (England & Wales) Number 1038721

Please reply to:

Chairman at FFHS.org.UK

Skype: David_C_Holman

 

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