Discussion Forums
Welcome to AFBMNetwork Discussion Forums !
Discussion forums is a service for AFBMNetwork members willing to
participate in specific issues of wider interest to industry.
What the discussion forums are about ?
Basically AFBMNetwork members will have to express
their interest to the Executive Officer about a particular issue
upon which they would like to engage in discussion with other members
all around the country and overseas. As an example there may be
discussion forums on drought management issues, climate risk management,
economic issues of farming, farming systems, agricultural commodity
pricing and financial markets, agricultural banking, taxation of
the primary sector, the next AFBMNetwork National Conference, etc.
A discussion forum is a virtual room that is created
in the internet, using WebCT, a teaching facility means of The University
of Sydney. Participants of the discussion forums will visit the
website periodically and will have the opportunity to read what
other peers' ideas about the issue in discussion are. Afterwards
the visitor to the WebCT site will have the opportunity of putting
his/her input to the discussion. There is not time constrain in
terms of access, i.e. the participants can come to the forum at
their most convenient time to get information and to put their input.
Discussion forums on specific issues will last
for as longer as the participants wish to keep the forum alive.
We would like to think that AFBMNetwork members
will use this opportunity to create a multiple interaction with
friends around the country and overseas about specific issues of
their interest. Remember: there is not constrain in terms of issues
and number of topics; therefore it is up to all of you to use this
excellent communication facility.
How will the discussion forums be organised ?
The organisation of the discussion forums encompasses
the following steps:
- Each discussion forum is the outcome of at least two AFBMNetwork
members who wish to start discussing, or exchanging ideas about
a particular issue. All what the members need to do is to drop
an email to the Executive Officer of the Network about the proposal.
Immediately a folder for that forum will be created in the webpage
and a username and a password will be given to the participants
to the forum.
- Each forum will have an appointed coordinator. Each member
of AFBMNetwork has the right to propose a topic and to propose
him/herself to be appointed as a coordinator of a forum;
- All the members of AFBMNetwork will be given access to The
University of Sydney WEBCT facility for gaining entry to the
electronic chat room. Instructions will be provided through
email about the issue, and for accessing WebCT (where the
the discussion rooms are placed) all you will have to do is
click on the forum name and gain access through your username
and password. If you require more information about the issue
please contact the Administrative
Assistant of
the Network;
- Coordinators of the forums, in integration with the participants,
will establish the rules of the game.
- Every member of AFBMNetwork can gain access to any of the
on-going discussion forums at any time.
- The members of the Management Board of AFBMNetwork, though
participants to the forums, will play a supervisory role to
ensure the quality of the discussions.
How do you log in to the discussion forums ?
For logging in to the discussion forums you need
to become a member of AFBMNetwork. If you are not a member of AFBMNetwork
go to the Membership folder of this webpage,
fill in the Free Membership Application Form and submit it in an
electronic manner.
Members of AFBMNetwork will be given a username
(i.e. the first letter of your given name followed by your full
surname) and a password to access the WebCT site, where the discussion
rooms sit.
Click in the name of the Discussion Forum to gain
access to the room. Follow the instructions displayed in your computer.
Have an enjoyable and instructive time while you
are a participant of your favourite discussion topic.
What Discussion Forums are available
?
Find hereafter what will be an increasing list
of discussion forums. We have started this experiment with four
specific topics and more will come as the AFBMNetwork members discover
more discussion topics.
| |
Forum topic
|
Coordinator. |
1
|
Financial Markets |
Mark Frost
The University of Sydney |
|
2
|
Managing for Drought Recovery |
Patrick Madden
NSW Agriculture |
| 3 |
Olives: A simple name for a great crop |
Robbie Scott
The University of Sydney |
4
|
AFBMNetwork National Conference
5-7th December 2004 |
A.A. (Al) Charry
The University of Sydney |
A link to WebCT will be later established from
here clicking on top of the name of the discussion forums.
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