Starting a State Council Group Discussion

Every State Council has its own discussion board. A discussion board is very much like a cork bulletin board: you can post announcements, upcoming council meeting dates, discuss council business, and share clinical information -- whatever interests your council members and would benefit from being available publically for comment.

Because only group owners have access to email all group members at once, discussions are council members' only means to post information widely to other members.

All council members can post to the discussion board; group owners have special privileges to moderate discussions. Members need to join the council's group in order to view and participate in discussions.

To see all council discussions click on the gray Discussions Tab, and it will bring you to your council's discussion board homepage.

You can also view the most recent discussions on the Overview tab, which is the page that you land on when you first come to your State Council site. The Overview page will list the five Latest Discussion Posts on your council discussion board and any recent comments.

Start a Discussion in Your State Council Group
To start a discussion in your council group, look for the Start a Discussion box located on every page of your State Council group site in the right-hand column.

Starting a group discussion

Enter a topic title in the Start a Discussion box.

Be sure to create a title that is descriptive and makes it easy for group members to understand the topic of your discussion without having to read the entire post -- you will get more responses this way.

Once you've written your title, click Create, and you will be taken to a page to expand on your topic.

Writing a Discussion

You can add images and links to your post. Or add a document to the discussion post by using the Add Attachments box below the message composition box.

When you're done with your post, click Save, and your discussion will now be posted to your group.

Discussion in a group

Your new discussion post will also be sent via email to all group members who have subscribed to the discussion board's listserv.

A direct link to your post will be available in the My Discussions section of My Network.

Starting a Discussion via Listserv
You can also start a new discussion by sending an email to your group's listserv email address. More on that here.

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