Excellent presentation. How about setting up a sidebar page called something like "Your suggestions" with a caption inviting readers to submit url(s) of possible interest to others? The editors can then evaluate those for suitability for inclusion in the email version. The downside if we do this is that the site will have to be made public (ie no password protection)with the potential for mischievous entries. On balance it seems worth the risk.
Congrats again to Vennela and Ramola. - Rick

It's quite safe if public. The password is needed if you want to write a comment or make any change and I shall monitor applications for the password.

The U3A programme/subjects are interesting and the members select them according to their interest.No doubt they enjoy it.But one would have to think why they go for it ? It is because of the feeling of incompleteness/emptyness within,which they hope to fullfil.Alas! They go from subject to subject but fulfilment remains elusive.Here in enters Spirituality (the foundation of all religions),which ought to be included in the program.

I think the U3A's decision to go to the Wiki format is brilliant and am looking forward to making much more use of more up to date features.

I have just received a request to grant access to this wiki

I replied as follows

ian kimber to carol.froud
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As far as I know U3A signpost is a full access site for reading and commenting on the wiki and a limited access for writing one and I do not have official permission to grant a request to write to it. were you needing writing access?

In fact I am very puzzled that I have received this request. sent to carol.froud@virgin.net

It appears that I have full editing privileges on these pages probably as a result of my membership of the vU3A I have also deleted the help instructions at the bottom of your front page because they are not relevant for a limited writing access wiki. You can easily reinstate them if you REALLY want them.

Ian - you said.....
It appears that I have full editing privileges on these pages probably as a result of my membership of the vU3A

Not the case. I don't see the point of limiting write access to a wiki which is supposed to be a collaborative effort. So everyone gets Admin access to u3asignpost, but only for the time being, because...... speaking frankly I really do not like Pbwiki version 2 and for that reason as of issue number 100 due out on April 1st 2009 I will be moving everything over to http://worldu3a.org/signpost - which will be an archive for one year of back issues.

As for the request from carol.froud - I also received it and placed her on the Announcement List called u3asignpost@edna.edu.au - which is the means by which I send out each issue on the first of the month.