Hospitalero Forum

My 2 cents. I have not even made my first pilgrimage but don't exclude my voice on that account.
I agree with Ivar that you want someone to come forward rather than ask someone. People that feel pressured into a decision perform less well than one that embraces the idea and invests resources to make it there own.
I myself own and manage a support and information forum on a particular set of chronic diseases and couldn't continue without the dedicated "volunteers" I have. You want someone in that spot that would be dedicated but first must volunteer on there own knowing the commitment of time and energy involved. Without that commitment you risk loosing the visitors to competing priorities.
Put the talk of a closed group up for discussion sure, maybe even continue it in the open like here, but allow time for the cream to rise to the top before final selection. When it does reach the top you will have a more committed volunteer and increase your chances for success.

Tony

I'd just like to point out that once upon a time, when I received all the day's postings via one digest, when the hospitalero section was only open for those who signed up for it- the daily digest used to include anything people had posted to the hospitalero section. I couldn't access those postings if I went directly to the Forum, but they appeared in my digest. So you might need to be sure that things are as private as you think they are!
Margaret

The 'members only' section can show up too under some circumstances so that posts can be read (but not added to).
We have an 'intranet' area for an organisation we belong to (as volunteers), but I do not know how it works. It is not accessible at all, except by logging in.

This is a good point. I use Tapatalk on my smart phone and I don't think the "private" function works with all forum software. There has been talk about Tapatalk users on SMF forums being able to see areas they don't normally have access to. As I am using Tapatalk right now I cannot see what forum software the site is running.

Tony

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