Using the community and voluntary Virtual Branch Forums

Forums can be set up in a Virtual Branch, to enable discussion on any topic.

When a forum is created it can be set up for access by one or more groups of users. This means that a forum might be for all site members to use, or possibly for a branch representatives or branch officers.

Forums can be accessed by clicking on

• the forums logo on the right hand side of your site
• the forums link at the top of your site
• the forums link in the left hand menu of your site

When you follow these links you will be asked to log in with your user name and password.

For most user the user name will be your surname and your password will be your membership number.

For users of Virtual UNISON and some other users, the user name and password will be allocated to you when you start using the site. If you forget these details you shoudl contact the site administrator.

Once you log into the forums area and follow the links to the Forums, you will see a screen as below :

 

This screen shows a link to all topics. You should click on this to display a list of all the discussion topics available to you. From there you can click on the topic you wish to add to and post your comment in that forum.

 

The screen above may also give you the option to:

• Log out - Click the "Logoff " button to end your session in the Forums
• Create a new topic
  • Enter a name for the topic
  • Enter you first comment in the message box
    • Click "Post this message" to create the topic

 

Forum Meetings

Forums can be used to facilitate or replace some face to face meetings.

There are several methods of using Forums for this purpose. See the Forum Meetings guidance for more on this.