Welcome to the OSA Discussion Forum

From: Bill Potts
Date: 2001-01-27
Time: 13:40:39 -0500

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The Discussion Forum  is now ready for general use.

Please accept my apologies for the delay. (I've been busy with the process of selling my house and buying another.)

This is your Forum. Please use it as you see fit. In the meantime, though, let me offer some suggestions.

Possibilities include:

• Finding other Old Scarborians: The message subject would be something like, "Does anyone know where Lobby Lud is?" 

If you know who Lobby Lud was, you're showing your age. In any case, you'll be looking for a real person.

• Reminiscing: Not everyone wants to reminisce. However, the turnout at all the Luncheons and Dinners would seem to indicate that many of us do.
    
• Exploring School Staff History: For example, did you know that H.W. (Joey) Marsden went to one of the Bluecoats Schools? Do you know which one? Perhaps some of you know something about his Oxford years, and of his teaching experience before he became our longest-serving Headmaster. Frank (Billy) Binder's life and times are already being explored by Michael Rines. Insights into the lives of other staff members could make for very interesting reading and discussion.
    
• General Discussion: Any topic you think might be of interest to other Old Scarborians is obviously fair game.

For those who have no experience with message boards, we'll eventually be providing some comments on forum etiquette (which is a subset of what is sometimes referred to as "netiquette"). We already have a Help page, although it needs some more work.

Please note a couple of things:

• If you want to ensure that your message is properly formatted, with properly separated paragraphs, please press the Enter key TWICE at the end of each paragraph. If you don't, the message will run together, as a single paragraph.
    
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If you have any questions about the Forum, just click on the bottle and ask them. You may, of course, ask a question publicly, within the Discussion Forum  itself.

Enjoy yourselves,

Bill Potts, Webmaster