General

The purpose of the CCC Discussion Forum is to provide all interested parties with a means of contributing to discussions on a range of subjects which affect Cumbria, and in particular those which involve Cumbria County Council.

The only requirement to use the forum is Internet access.

The forum is built around the topics page, and new topics can only be created upon direct application to the forum administrator, or via the appropriate topic moderator.

New and/or important topics are generally listed first.

Topics are owned by groups, and each group has it's own moderator(s). Once created, the management of each topic is controlled exclusively by the relevant moderator who decides whether the topic is public or private, what the topic is about, and how the discussions within the topic will be created. Moderators are also responsible for ensuring that any messages posted to the topic are monitored and that wherever an official CCC response is required that it is promptly (normally within two working days) given.

If you want to propose a new topic, use the Contact button on the forum navigation bar to display the contact details of all the moderators and send an e-mail to the one responsible for the most appropriate group for your topic. If there isn't a suitable group you can e-mail the forum administrator.

Each topic is structured so that it can optionally have sub-topics and, within these, discussions (or conversations) are created. The moderator will decide whether discussions can be created by anyone or only by the moderator. Each discussion will contain a number of messages from contributors, in chronological order, and an "Add a Message" form will appear at the bottom of every active discussion page.