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Denise Ford

Denise is a member of the ERIS Trust, as a Software Developer she trys to help Mike problem solve. She is also a member of Travis Wetland Trust and part of the Manuka Group working at Travis Wetland.

At the moment there is no way of requesting more time but this will come with upgrades to the user area.

Gay Munro

Do you have any answer to the time limit thing?? ie Should there be an active box for me to extend the time on if necessary ?

Cheers....Gay

Mike Peters

Mike is the founder and National President of NZERN, inventor of PIPI4, and President of the Addington Bush Society. Lives in Christchurch after a lifetime working as a welder.

Good news about the bus trip around Southland. I heard from Edith - she said it was a great success. Apparently your commentry was really good.

Really nice of DoC southland to help with the costs of the bus hire.

Getting back to the forum messages being mailed out - I would suggest that this be optional. Some people don't go on the web often - but might want to follow any discussions. If they see a message they want to reply to - then they could log on and post a message to the forum.

I agree with being overloaded with email - the nice thing about this forum is not having to reply and also the same information can be passed onto who ever needs it.

See you

Mike

Denise Ford

Denise is a member of the ERIS Trust, as a Software Developer she trys to help Mike problem solve. She is also a member of Travis Wetland Trust and part of the Manuka Group working at Travis Wetland.

You need to click on "Read Replies" to see the replies to other messages on the topic.

I think that makes sense!

Gay Munro

To have all the forum messages coming through might be a bit overwhelming (a bit like what you're getting bogged down with!) Or do you mean it would just be e-mailed to you if you posted a query or response ?

The plus I think to start with it might get more people thinking about using the forum, as that does seem a little slow. Just talking with Edith today and she, I gather, hasn't been in to check things out, nor Chris, so unless they're using it, it's not an efficient way of communicating.

Just an aside. We had a good bus trip today around the reveg sites. Approx 35 people on board. It was great to have your funding backing up the costs and not having to worry about making food for catering. Thanks. Invoices will be coming soon.

Cheers......Gay

PS Rosemarie Smith said she should have an article in the Southland Times this week about it and Jenny Campbell is planning to put one in the Otago Southland Farmer at some stage.

Gay Munro

Cheers......Gay

PS Not sure if it's in the instructions, but it seems you need to click on the original message to have your reply posted underneath it. Sorry - it's one of human natures bad faults to not read the instructions. I'm learning by trial and error (just what NZERN tries to be getting away from !)

Mike Peters

Mike is the founder and National President of NZERN, inventor of PIPI4, and President of the Addington Bush Society. Lives in Christchurch after a lifetime working as a welder.

Would people like to be able to have the forum messages emailed to them with a "reply to this message" link at the bottom.

Some forum programs have this - but it would need to be optional.

Mike

Denise Ford

Denise is a member of the ERIS Trust, as a Software Developer she trys to help Mike problem solve. She is also a member of Travis Wetland Trust and part of the Manuka Group working at Travis Wetland.

You can talk about weeds, pests, growing native plants in fact anything that you feel is important to restoration.

If you have a query you can post this onto the forum and other Pipi members can reply with advice from their own experiences.

The topics on the forum can include useful books you have read, congratulating people on a job well done, fundraising ideas etc.

To join and participate in a forum login to your user area.

goto "My Office" > "My Forum",

To join a Forum:

Click on "Join another Forum"

All members can join the NZERN General Restoration Forum. You have to be a member of the listed group to join the other forums.

To join the General Restoration Forum click "join forum now".

To participate in the forum you have joined:

Click on "My Forums" this will give you a list of the current forums you belong to.

Click on General Restoration Forum.

You will see a list of topic which you can read and reply to.

You can also post a new topic, in other words create a new topic to which others can reply to.

To Post New Topic:

Click on "Post New Topic".

Enter a subject and a message

eg:you could be asking the best way to deal with a certain weed problem.

A emoticon or smiley can be added to your message, for example a smiley face, select these from the drop down list. To see what the icons you can select look like click on "emoticons and smileys".

To post the topic click on "Post Reply".

To read a topic:

Each topic has a subject, author, number of replies and the date of the last reply.

Click on the topic you wish to read. The orginal message and all replies will be displayed. You can reply to a topic if you wish ie: add your own thoughts, ideas or suggestions.

To Reply to a topic:

Click on the topic you wish to reply too. The original message and all replies will be displayed.

Click on "Reply" and enter your message again you can select a emoticon from the list.

To post your reply click on "Post Reply".

Give it a go you will find it a great way to share information and to find out what is happening with other restoration sites.