From:
CORIF Managers Forum Manager
Date:
Apr 18 18:06 UTC
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To begin, we want to extend another warm welcome to the new people who have
joined the forum in the days since our launch. We also want to thank
everyone who has posted their introduction to the forum and encourage others
to continue to introduce yourselves in the coming days. It is wonderful to
learn more about who has joined this community, and we are quite excited
about the discussions we will engage in together.
As forum managers we are here to help facilitate discussion and make sure
that the rules of the forum are being followed to guarantee a safe and
healthy space for all participants to express their views. While we will
sometimes initiate new discussions about particular topics, we hope that the
majority of the discussions taking place in the forum will be generated by
you. Anyone is welcome to start a new discussion topic, and we highly
encourage you to bring up for debate the issues that matter most to you.
Here are a few tips about how to launch a new topic:
1) There are two ways to start a new topic.
a) Log-in to the forum website (
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/corif) , click Recent Topics, and then
click Start A New Topic
b) Send an email to: <email obscured> with the
message you would like to post and a new subject line. The forum software
separates email messages by subject, so if you want to respond to an
existing topic leave the subject line the same, and if you want to start a
new discussion topic just change the subject line.
2) It takes 3 people to really launch a topic.
The person who posts the original message and at least two people who
respond within a few hours. Even the most interesting topic starts to get
"old" if no one has responded within about 6-10 hours. If you want to see a
particular topic succeed, please be the person to "second" or "third" it, by
posting a response. If you don't have any concrete ideas for information to
add to the topic, then at least ask a question or simply let folks know that
you are also interested in a topic.
3) If you want to see a topic succeed, reply QUICKLY.
4) Only about 1 in 3 topics really get much traction in the forum.
It is common for topics to "die" sudden deaths in the forum. For a topic to
"take off" it must first capture the attention of other forum members and
sometimes compete with other topics for public attention. Don't feel bad if
your topic doesn't "take off" the first time. Try following up with another
post on the same topic or wait a few days and introduce a new topic.
5) If you would like to see a topic discussed in the forum, post a comment
or question - DON"T WAIT for someone else to start it.
Please let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing
what types of issues you bring up to discuss!
Your forum managers,
Liz and Josh