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Hello, My name is Graeme Ford, and I am posting in relation to the website I have set up: www.cgfonline.co.uk I began to design the site as a resource page for people using the Critical geography Forum mailing list last year (and gave it a trial run), and I would now like to push ahead with the site once more as I believe it will provide a good resource for people registered to the mailing list, and also act as a catalyst to get more people involved with discussions. I believe the website could potentially expand on many discussions, and store information relating to research, events and jobs which would expand the forum on a more global scale. I would be very interested to hear about peoples ideas, and whether people think it is good idea (or not if the case maybe). I am looking for people that may wish to help with the project (from aspects of branding designs to the possibility of sponsorship) and who can help with the site. If you would like to help, please email at: [log in to unmask] For a start, a message board system will be put in place. The benefits of such a message board are numerous, which include: the ability for users to sustain discussions via the message board; topics and conversations are never lost and are stored into the data base of the forum (which users can locate using the boards search function); the ability to sort subject matter into relevant topic areas for discussion (including news on job vacancies and conferences); the ability for members to post pictorial, audio and video data into the message board; be able to contact other members individually with ease for private discussion (via private messaging); and the possibility of expanding the website into a main website that can store and host numerous of articles, events, pictures, audio interviews, video interviews etc. This is just a small list of the benefits that could arise from testing such a system and would also help raise the profile of the forum on a global basis (by linking the site with other academic sites and search engines). I believe that there are no disadvantages to such a system, given that all forum members have already got internet access through the use of email, and this way, members can log onto the webpage from any location to add comments etc. I would like to know what you think of this idea, and maybe, we can give it a test run to see how it works, and in time, maybe I can start thinking about designing a website for the forum (including branding) to benefit and expand the group. Kind regards Graeme