So - why this site exists
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:12 pm
Welcome to the UK Wildlife Forums.
My name's John, I live in Penzance and this year I went to Fairport's Cropredy Festival where a chap called Martin had an exhibition stand in a camping field. We had a chat. I signed up for membership of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, he being a fundraiser. All good so far.
Anyway, I went online the following day to find out what I'd joined and there's a website - https://www.wildlifetrusts.org - which gives an overview at https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/about-us
I looked for a register button and didn't find one. I looked for a discussion area and didn't find one. Okay, it's an umbrella organization, so I clicked through to the local Cornwall Wildlife Trust and signed up for membership there too. There's a website - https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/ - which gives an overview at https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.u ... o/about-us
And I looked for a register button and didn't find one. I looked for a discussion area and didn't find one. I searched using Google because I often fail to grasp the point immediately and I didn't want to just give up part way through. I looked at quite a few links using several search terms and I found no discussion forum for either body.
There is, as best I can tell, a page on Facebook and another on Twitter which can be followed. Following a page on Facebook or on Twitter funnels blog-like information paragraphs which trickle out from the page owner and his authorized delegates, but not (unless I misunderstand completely) posts between members. I have a sense that neither Trust is remotely interested in facilitating discussion between members, and I find that extraordinarily wrong. Willfully and deliberately wrong. I find it somewhat controlling, lacking in openness and disrespectful.
So here's an alternative at https://wildlife-forums.uk which has taken me two hours to launch onto the Internet for the price of a cream tea. I, at least, intend to use it to correspond with other members of The Wildlife Trusts in the UK. It may well be a one-way correspondence - I hope not - but a forum is now available. Nobody will be charged, anyone can register and post, the only censorship imposed by the moderation team will be the deletion of unsolicited product placement (AKA spam). Please volunteer if you'd like to be on the moderator team.
My name's John, I live in Penzance and this year I went to Fairport's Cropredy Festival where a chap called Martin had an exhibition stand in a camping field. We had a chat. I signed up for membership of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, he being a fundraiser. All good so far.
Anyway, I went online the following day to find out what I'd joined and there's a website - https://www.wildlifetrusts.org - which gives an overview at https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/about-us
I looked for a register button and didn't find one. I looked for a discussion area and didn't find one. Okay, it's an umbrella organization, so I clicked through to the local Cornwall Wildlife Trust and signed up for membership there too. There's a website - https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/ - which gives an overview at https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.u ... o/about-us
And I looked for a register button and didn't find one. I looked for a discussion area and didn't find one. I searched using Google because I often fail to grasp the point immediately and I didn't want to just give up part way through. I looked at quite a few links using several search terms and I found no discussion forum for either body.
There is, as best I can tell, a page on Facebook and another on Twitter which can be followed. Following a page on Facebook or on Twitter funnels blog-like information paragraphs which trickle out from the page owner and his authorized delegates, but not (unless I misunderstand completely) posts between members. I have a sense that neither Trust is remotely interested in facilitating discussion between members, and I find that extraordinarily wrong. Willfully and deliberately wrong. I find it somewhat controlling, lacking in openness and disrespectful.
So here's an alternative at https://wildlife-forums.uk which has taken me two hours to launch onto the Internet for the price of a cream tea. I, at least, intend to use it to correspond with other members of The Wildlife Trusts in the UK. It may well be a one-way correspondence - I hope not - but a forum is now available. Nobody will be charged, anyone can register and post, the only censorship imposed by the moderation team will be the deletion of unsolicited product placement (AKA spam). Please volunteer if you'd like to be on the moderator team.