Welcome to the Forum for Cities in Transition!

Thank you for signing up to this interactive, online network for the Forum for Cities in Transition.

There are two levels of service for this Forum:

• Supporters
• FCT Members (Forum Participants)

SUPPORTERS
As a Suporter, you have access to many features of this site, while FCT Members have exclusive access to their own purpose-built, private discussion forums and other online collaborative tools.

FCT Membership is by invitation only, and these individuals will receive separate correspondence with further instructions and guidance. (FCT Members should read additional details below.)

Both Supporters and FCT Members can access the following website features:

Supporters
View all signed up Supporters of this online social network. Use link to invite your friends to become Supporters!

Blogs
You can create and make postings to a blog, which you can display to everyone, just your friends on this network, or private to you only.

You can also easily share individual postings to other services, such as Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Delicious. Look for the Share links at the end of every posting.

Photos
View photographs of Forum events. Browse others’ images. Upload your own photos, either directly or via import from your Flickr account. Organise your pics by creating Albums.

Videos
View videos of Forum events. Watch others’ local recordings. Upload your own material directly. Alternatively, you can embed a video from YouTube. Or even by phone or email!

Forum
This is an open discussion forum that can be viewed by all Supporters. Contribute to any existing discussion topic. Feel free to start a new discussion!

Chat
Periodically we will host a guest speaker in this public online chat area. As a Supporter, you will be able to participate in these online conversations.

Files
This is where you can find further material on the Forum for Cities in Transition, including a report on the conference held in Boston, 14-16 April 2009, and the Call to Action communiqué that was agreed and signed by all conference participants.

FCT MEMBERS
FCT Members can use the same features as Supporters. Also, FCT Members have access to private Group sections, which contain the following additional features. Please go to the FCT Groups tab at the top of the page, to access your Groups.

The FCT Member-only features within each FCT Group are:

Chat
Each Group has its own private online chat area. Only fellow Members of your Group can see the chatbox and participate in it. You can log in anytime for an online chat, to discuss whatever you wish.

Share Files
Each Group has an area where you can download and upload files that you would like to share with other members of your Group. Only fellow Members of your Group can see this file sharing service.

Discussion Forum
Each Group has its own discussion forum section. Only fellow Members of your Group can see and participate in discussions. You can contribute to any existing discussion topic, or start a new one.

Comments
You can add comments inside your Group, which all of your fellow Group Members will see.

Events
Anyone can add an event. You can make any event viewable to the Public (all Supporters can see event details and reply), or you can make an event Private (only those you invite (by entering their email addresses) can see event details and reply). Go to the Event section to view and add events.

Please send any query to the site administrator: info@nifoundation.net