[Janet MacD]

Roy, Val was our guest speaker at Stamps and Their Stories this week. I told her about the wonderful post you did on the seahorses. She said whenever she has tried to access the forum she has had trouble and so she has given up. I have had many problems and still don’t feel comfortable, so I understand how she feels. And Barb, who is a regular poster, noted she was never sure of the correct way to reply. I told her I have been personally rebuked by the moderator for replying “the wrong way” …

I wonder if we could use the last 30 minutes of meetings to do hands on demos? Hugh and I don’t have a portable computer, but if someone brought a laptop, we could create a hotspot to access the internet. We might be able to do one-on-one demos for two or three people at each meeting, and then ask them to go home and immediately try to access the forum on their own. We could even bring the projector to show a demo to a small group.

And if anyone wants to access the forum using an iPad, Hugh and I are equipped for that.

I think the challenge might be that it looks too complicated. Once you know you can ignore 80% of the buttons, it is less frightening.