I have been a supporter, and - until NatWest screwed up my bank accounts a year or so back - a member of the Tortoise Trust for more years than I care to remember. Probably for longer than there has been a CFZ. I always do what I can to support them, so it is goodd to be able to publicise their new forum...
We are very pleased to announce that the new Tortoisetrust Forum is now online.
We have had many requests to do this, but until recently, did not feel the time was quite right. We wanted to make sure that when we did do it, it would perform to a high standard and would be easy and reliable in use. We would like to thank our secret beta-testers who have made sure everything works and have helped us to develop a forum that the Tortoise Trust can be proud of.
Just a few words about what we expect of users.
This is a forum to discuss all aspects of tortoise care, conservation, and captive breeding. It has many useful facilities including personal private mailboxes, and allows inline images and photos, etc. If you have used forums before, you should find it fairly intuitive.
It is (sadly) necessary to point out that bad behaviour on this forum, of any kind, will not be tolerated. In fact, our moderators have a zero-tolerance policy which is to be strictly enforced. We want this to be a safe and educational resource. Those persons who are banned from Tortoise Trust mailing lists are also banned from the forum. A full list of the rules can be read in the Tortoise Trust Announcements section on the new forum itself. You can argue and debate all manner of tortoise topics politely until you turn blue in the face - but if the air turns
blue you will be history.
We will gradually be adding in new features and resources over the next few weeks. We have some interesting things planned that we think will make this a really useful new site, quite different from anything else currently available. It is also the only forum where you can receive "official" support and advice direct from the Tortoise Trust.
Two areas of the site are access by password only. One is an areas for exclusive use of our rehoming volunteers. The other is the new Algerian and Tunisian tortoise studbook/captive breeding support group. We will be making a fresh announcement about these areas shortly and those who need access will then receive the relevant passwords.
The new forum is now online: www.tortoisetrustforum.org
Take a look around (you can view, but not post as a guest) and if you like it, register. You will then have access to posting privileges and messaging, etc. Al memberships have to be manually approved (to guard against spammers, etc.) so there might be a short delay between applying and your account being activated. We do expect you to use your REAL NAME on this forum. False ID's and multiple personalities are prohibited. Our view is that we always put our names to what we say, and we expect the same in return. It is only polite.
Enjoy.
Andy Highfield
www.tortoisetrust.org
www.jillmartintortoise.org
We have had many requests to do this, but until recently, did not feel the time was quite right. We wanted to make sure that when we did do it, it would perform to a high standard and would be easy and reliable in use. We would like to thank our secret beta-testers who have made sure everything works and have helped us to develop a forum that the Tortoise Trust can be proud of.
Just a few words about what we expect of users.
This is a forum to discuss all aspects of tortoise care, conservation, and captive breeding. It has many useful facilities including personal private mailboxes, and allows inline images and photos, etc. If you have used forums before, you should find it fairly intuitive.
It is (sadly) necessary to point out that bad behaviour on this forum, of any kind, will not be tolerated. In fact, our moderators have a zero-tolerance policy which is to be strictly enforced. We want this to be a safe and educational resource. Those persons who are banned from Tortoise Trust mailing lists are also banned from the forum. A full list of the rules can be read in the Tortoise Trust Announcements section on the new forum itself. You can argue and debate all manner of tortoise topics politely until you turn blue in the face - but if the air turns
blue you will be history.
We will gradually be adding in new features and resources over the next few weeks. We have some interesting things planned that we think will make this a really useful new site, quite different from anything else currently available. It is also the only forum where you can receive "official" support and advice direct from the Tortoise Trust.
Two areas of the site are access by password only. One is an areas for exclusive use of our rehoming volunteers. The other is the new Algerian and Tunisian tortoise studbook/captive breeding support group. We will be making a fresh announcement about these areas shortly and those who need access will then receive the relevant passwords.
The new forum is now online: www.tortoisetrustforum.org
Take a look around (you can view, but not post as a guest) and if you like it, register. You will then have access to posting privileges and messaging, etc. Al memberships have to be manually approved (to guard against spammers, etc.) so there might be a short delay between applying and your account being activated. We do expect you to use your REAL NAME on this forum. False ID's and multiple personalities are prohibited. Our view is that we always put our names to what we say, and we expect the same in return. It is only polite.
Enjoy.
Andy Highfield
www.tortoisetrust.org
www.jillmartintortoise.org
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