Hello everybody
Talking Point has now been running for almost four years, primarily operated by volunteer members.
It has been a great success, and the Alzheimer’s Society wants to build on that success for the future by creating a permanent post to help run the forum.
For the next six months a part time post has been agreed, so that the role can be fully evaluated and understood – and operated.
Primarily the role will be:
Information
Protecting the Talking Point membership as a whole
For the initial six months we are pleased to say that Brucie has volunteered to take on the part time role.
Brucie has been a member of Talking Point since January 2004, and became a volunteer moderator soon after. He has cared for his wife at all stages of her dementia since 1991 until the present day, and continues to do so.
We are sure you will welcome him to his new role.
Said Dajani
(Website Manager)
Alzheimer's Society
Talking Point has now been running for almost four years, primarily operated by volunteer members.
It has been a great success, and the Alzheimer’s Society wants to build on that success for the future by creating a permanent post to help run the forum.
For the next six months a part time post has been agreed, so that the role can be fully evaluated and understood – and operated.
Primarily the role will be:
Information
- To be the “face” of the Alzheimer’s Society on Talking Point.
- To provide guidance and support to the volunteer moderators
- Contact members of Alzheimer’s Society staff for definitive position on complex queries/posts. Post replies based on this information on the boards.
- Proactively link to relevant information on alzheimers.org.uk and sign post Alzheimer’s Society services and resources.
- To keep members informed of changes to alzheimer.org.uk and how they impact on the way they use Talking Point.
- Develop the FAQ section.
- Liaise on moderator staffing levels.
- Invite new volunteers to become moderators, get references etc
- Be the point of contact between the Society and the volunteer moderators
- Encourage volunteer moderators to come to joint decisions about issues that may come up on the board
Protecting the Talking Point membership as a whole
- Make the final decision about whether a thread should be removed and whether or not a member should be banned
- Issue warnings to members if necessary (after consultation with the moderators)
- Communicate with members who have been banned
- Change the status of TP members, banning or upgrading to moderator
- Identify and deal with situations where inappropriate information is placed on Talking Point by people who are not genuine members
For the initial six months we are pleased to say that Brucie has volunteered to take on the part time role.
Brucie has been a member of Talking Point since January 2004, and became a volunteer moderator soon after. He has cared for his wife at all stages of her dementia since 1991 until the present day, and continues to do so.
We are sure you will welcome him to his new role.
Said Dajani
(Website Manager)
Alzheimer's Society