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Date Posted: 07:28:57 07/05/01 Thu
Author Host/IP: 208-168-147-21.citynet.net/208.168.147.21
Dear Friends,
At long last Autism Update will renew it's publication and distribution
on
July 15th. Updates will now be monthly instead of bimonthly. All those
who
have offered or wish to contribute their time, articles, news, or other
information pertaining to Autistic Spectrum Disorders may submit their
articles, links, and other information to the committee at
partners@autisms.org .
Our format will be similar to previous publications and will include
categorized links to breaking news and stories, personal stories
contributed by members, helpful hints regarding specific topics of
interest, reader letters in question and answer style, and updates
regarding our web site changes, contributions, and improvements.
While we have your attention we would like to take a moment and
introduce
a new service of our organization.
We have now installed a fully functional software discussion forum
called
"Autism Spectrum Forums" on our web site. Link:
http://autisms.org/forum/
. This discussion forum is located directly on our web site server and
the
software has many features some of which include; secure name
registration
and login, user profile creation, preview and editing for posts and
replies, icons and titling, and ranking for forum participants based on
the number of posts.
Autism Spectrum Forums was created in an effort to provide Partners
members with a safe and reliable place to ask questions and develop a
network of interest, support, and friendship. Until recently similar
discussion groups of this organization had been hosted on several other
servers. This created many logistical problems and made it impossible
to
track the memberships, names, and posts of our participating members
and
limit advertising and disruptive or malicious posts. In addition many
of
these other forums were hosted on sites such as Yahoo, MSN, and Talk
City
and were not compatible with or accessible by the various browsers
utilized by our members. We will be emailing the members of these
forums
and notifying them of the new forum and the subsequent deletion of the
old
ones over the next few weeks.
This new software also gives Partners the ability to create moderated
forums that can be administered by select members who wish to host
their
own forum. If you wish to be considered to become a forum moderator or
want to move your club or group to our server, please send an email to
the
club committee at club@autisms.org . In your email please outline the
name
and description of the forum you currently administer or wish to create
and host, and how you feel this forum will contribute to the mission of
this organization and it's members. Members who wish to become forum
moderators will be approved by our committee based on the topic of the
forum they wish to create and the knowledge and experience of the
applicant(s).
To register as a member simply go to our registration page and create
your
profile. Special software will automatically check the validity of your
email address and approve your membership instantly without any further
input or response on your part. Registered users are bound by the rules
of
participation as outlined on the registration page. Link:
http://www.autisms.org/forum/policy.asp
A chatroom software program has now been developed for us and will be
installed on the site later this year. To find out about our other free
services and offers please visit this link: http://autisms.org/free.htm
We look forward to serving you again with Autism Update and interacting
with all of you in one central place!
Sincerely,
The PIA Committee
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