Introduction
The VCPS forum is a an email group run by Yahoo.com.It is accessible to members only which helps with privacy issues.
The purpose of the forum is to allow VCPS members to
communicate amongst themselves, and also gain information regarding the society
posted by the committee or other members to ensure that all members are kept up to
date with the society. It's also a convenient area to find answers to any
questions that you may have concerning CPs.
VCPS forum email group
How does the forum work?
The forum is free of charge. Following successful registration, you will
receive notification that you are now a member. New messages are posted to
vcps@yahoogroups.com. All messages are 'moderated'. That is, all messages
must be approved by the VCPS Internet Co-ordinator (or the current moderator at
the time). This ensures that.
(a) only
registered members can post messages,
(b) messages are
relevant to CPs or the VCPS, and
(c) messages are
not unsuitable for a public forum.
Upon posting a message (and its
subsequent approval by the moderator), the message is then delivered to the
inbox of each member of the forum.
Remember, all registered members of
the forum will get a copy of your message. If you have something private to say,
use normal email or other channels.
How 'safe' is the forum?
Yahoo Groups has strict filters in
place to ensure that junk email ('Spam') does not go through, or that your email
address is kept confidential from outside sources. Further to this, the
moderator would further ensure no ineligible or unsuitable messages are allowed to be posted.
I don't want to be bogged down
with emails!
The VCPS forum is a low volume forum.
It only (at this stage) has a handful of members. Traffic is not expected to be
heavy. However, when setting up your account, you can specify 'Daily Digest'
mode - that is, you will be sent one email daily with all the messages included
in it. The default setting is to receive individual message as and when they're
sent.
How do I join the forum?
If you would like to join the forum, please
emailthe VCPS and, following confirmation of current membership, an
invitation to join will be emailed to you. The forum is a 'closed' forum - that
is, it contains VCPS members only.
Note you will need to get a Yahoo email address if you don't have one already to be able to join up.
To get one go to yahoo.com and click the "sign up" link and follow instructions.
How do I un-subscribe from the
forum?
You can unsubscribe any time by
(a) sending an
email to the VCPS
(b) sending an
email to
vcps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com with 'Unsub VCPS' in the message body (leave
the subject blank)
(c) following the
email link at the bottom of each message, or
(d) if you have a
'Yahoo' account, unsubscribe through your account details page
Changing your email address
From time to time members will want to change the email address they use for the VCPS email group.
If you are changing the email address you use for the yahoo account you need to sign up for a new account and rejoin the group as explained above.Otherwise if you still have a valid yahoo account and just want to change the email address you have for the VCPS group then simply find your profile on yahoo and edit the email address.
This is all a bit confusing. How
can I get help?
Most settings can also be adjusted by
the forum owner. You can
emailthe VCPS, or
vcps-owner@yahoogroups.com, just stating what you want.
