ILCA Convention Website Discussion Group

THE DISCUSSION GROUPS HAVE BEEN DISABLED. IF THERE IS INTEREST IN STARTING THEM UP AGAIN PLEASE CONTACT THE SITE ADMINSTRATORS.

This website has a built-in discussion group feature, brought to you by a module known in the Drupal world as "organic groups". This module allows you set up Google and Yahoo-like discussion groups on the site. You can have as many groups as you wish. This feature is well-integrated with e-mail and if you choose, you can receive notices whenever someone posts to a group.

The first discussion group set up on this site is the ILCA Convention Website Group. This group will facilitate group discussions about the site so those involved can work collaboratively on building it. This is a private discussion group. Only people who have been authorized are permitted to see the discussions going on in this group.

Some are probably asking why we are going through the trouble of communicating this way when we already have e-mail. Well, there are several advantages to this method of communication. For example, we have integrated a way to track who has been assigned certain tasks into the discussion. If eveyone takes just 10 minutes to read through this and understand this system, you will save yourself much headache and hassle compared to traditional e-mail.

Click a link below to learn more.

Registering with the discussion group

If you don't yet have an account on the site: 

You can register with the ILCA Website discussion group when you register with the site. Follow these steps:

  1. Visit the home page and in the "user login" box click "Create new account"
  2. Type in your information
  3. Be sure to check off the "Subscribe to ILCA Convention Website" option
  4. Click the "Create New Account" button at the bottom.
  5. You should receive two e-mails very shortly, one telling you that your account with the site is pending approval, and one telling you that your request to join the discussion group is pending approval.
  6. The administrator of the site and the discussion group will receive a notice of your requests and process them.
  7. Once approved, you will receive emails informing you how to log into the site and how to view the group.
  8. IMPORTANT: You must be logged into the site first in order to view the discussion group.

If you already have an account on the site:

  1. Log into the site using the login box on the front page.
  2. From the menu, go to "Group Discussions" and then look for a link on the right to subscribe to the group.
  3. An email will be sent to the group's administrator and he will either reject or approve your account.
  4. If approved, you will receive a notification saying so. 

Viewing the discussion group posts

  1. If you are not logged in to the site, you must do that first.
  2. Once logged in, go to "Group Discussions" and then ILCA Convention Website. This will bring you to the ILCA Convention Website discussion page.
  3. You will now see a list of topics, followed by who wrote it, when it was last edited, how many comments it has received, and when it was last commented.
  4. Clock on the title of a topic to view the discussion about it.