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madmin started the topic New Page: FAQ in the forum Website ideas and contributions 5 years, 3 months ago

Hi everyone,

I’ve created a new page: Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ.

You can find it here: http://consumersaustralia.org/faq/
Or just look on the menu bar at the very top of the page (bote there are 2 menu bars – this link is in the top one).

Please let me know about any improvements I can make to this page.

Thanks folks,
Madmin
madmin started the topic New Page: FAQ in the forum Website ideas and contributions 5 years, 3 months ago

Hi everyone,

I’ve created a new page: Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ.

You can find it here: http://consumersaustralia.org/faq/
Or just look on the menu bar at the very top of the page (note there are 2 menu bars – this link is in the top one).

Please let me know about any improvements I can make to this page.

Thanks folks,
Madmin
madmin replied to the topic Australian Peer Workforce Association (APWA) in the forum Consumer workforce – all 5 years, 3 months ago

Hi Tim,

Congratulations on this project and the chance of seed funding!

My personal view is that we, as consumers, should focus on creating just one national association. I say this because (a) it has taken so many years to get just this far, and (b) because it is an enormous effort to get a national association off the ground and so we would…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic How do we get started on deciding what we want our association to be about? in the forum Constitution, Purpose, Scope 5 years, 3 months ago

Hi Cherie,

Check out the new page I built this weekend for organising local meetings! http://consumersaustralia.org/the-association/meetings/

I’ve include you on the list (just your initials for now – wasn’t sure if you wanted your name there – let me know if so).

Check the info to help you plan the meeting, and please send through any…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic Consumer Language in the forum Consumer philosophy, meaning & ethics 5 years, 3 months ago

Allan,

As always, you add enormous value in helping us to remember both our history as a movement, and the dignity in our diversity. Thank you – I look forward to more of your posts.

I am someone who identifies as proudly mad. I also idetnify as a survivor – it’s a way for me to keep speaking the unspoken realities of trauma.

I use the term…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic Consumer Language in the forum Consumer philosophy, meaning & ethics 5 years, 3 months ago

Allan,

As always, you add enormous value in helping us to remember both our history as a movement, and the dignity in our diversity. Thank you – I look forward to more of your posts.

I am someone who identifies as proudly mad. I also identify as a survivor – it’s a way for me to keep speaking the unspoken realities of trauma.

I use the term…[Read more]
madmin and Kathy O'Brien are now friends 5 years, 3 months ago
madmin started the topic Getting the word out… in the forum Engagement, communication & promotion 5 years, 3 months ago

Hi everyone,

What do we think about composing an email message to go to every mental health organisation, asking them to promote our website to their consumer participants? It could be a great avenue to get the word out…

An easier way to do this would be to email the sector ‘peak bodies’ in each state and ask them to forward our email to all…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic the 'Charter' in the forum Consumer Workforce: Peer Workers 5 years, 3 months ago

Hi Cherie,

I haven’t read the charter – could you post a link to it for us?

I would like to see charters developed and agreed, and a hwole lot more, for the consumer workforce, and for peer workers.

However I would like to see these things developed by consumer or peer associations that are independent from service providers. I work for a…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic Volunteering in the forum Volunteering, committees & other contributions 5 years, 3 months ago

Thanks Alby! Welcome to the site, and have fun taking it all in. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the site, any areas to improve, and any ways in particular that you’d like to get involved…

Cheers, Madmin
madmin replied to the topic Nothing About Us Without Us in the forum Consumer workforce – all 5 years, 3 months ago

Personally I’d like to think that we would definitely comment on things like MHPOD. Nothing about us with us would be a great guiding principle to shape our actions…
madmin started the topic Consumer Language in the forum Consumer philosophy, meaning & ethics 5 years, 3 months ago

We have a long history in the consumer movement of thinking critically about the words we use, and why we use them. And the perspectives we have about our language are diverse (as they should be, in my own view).

I was recently contacted by someone who wanted to let me know that some other consumers in her area were offended by the use of the…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic How do we get started on deciding what we want our association to be about? in the forum Constitution, Purpose, Scope 5 years, 3 months ago

Hey Cherie, thank you, and thank you!!

What do people think about us co-drating an agenda in this forum, perhaps along with some suggested guidelines, so people can then just print em and use them to run local meetings, gather consumer ideas, and the share them back in this space? We could create a separate page or forum to share them in if…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic How do we get started on deciding what we want our association to be about? in the forum Constitution, Purpose, Scope 5 years, 3 months ago

Hey Cherie, thank you, and thank you!!

What do people think about us co-drating an agenda in this forum, perhaps along with some suggested guidelines, so people can then just print em and use them to run local meetings, gather consumer ideas, and the share them back in this space? We could create a separate page or forum to share them in if…[Read more]
madmin replied to the topic How do we get started on deciding what we want our association to be about? in the forum Constitution, Purpose, Scope 5 years, 3 months ago

Hey Cherie, thank you, and thank you!!

What do people think about us co-drating an agenda in this forum, perhaps along with some suggested guidelines, so people can then just print em and use them to run local meetings, gather consumer ideas, and the share them back in this space? We could create a separate page or forum to share them in if…[Read more]
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