Forum Usage

The APICS Northeast District Forums are intended to give you an opportunity to communicate, share ideas, thoughts, and solicit help from your fellow officers in the Northeast District.  It is broken down into categories by functional department within a typical Chapter Board.  If you feel that an additional category is required there is a mechanism there to request it.

This online forum was created using Open Source software that is free to use, and share.  The message board is written in Perl, it is supported by an online community of users and others who feel that access to the internet and it's usage should be available to all at no or minimal cost.  The Open Source used for this forum is from YaBB (Yet another Bulletin Board www.yabbforum.com  ), and you will see references to YaBB in the pages of the Forums.  It is Ad Free, Spyware, and Spam Free. As a level of security your IP address is logged each time you sign on and with each post that you make.

There is a Category there reserved for Chapter Presidents only.  After you register you will receive instruction to request access to the Chapter Presidents section. Here you can communicate with other presidents only. There is also a section for Students only. We require your Student Chapter information to offer some level of protection and to insure that only students are allowed access to that forum.  Again, If you are a Student with a Student Chapter please follow the instruction after you register to be allowed access.

Please remember that things said online are never really secure. Don't share proprietary information or information that is private in nature to any individual. Remember to abide by the APICS Code of Ethics. Online forums can be fun and a great way to share knowledge.

Registration is Required

Only registered members are allowed to access the forum.

Upon clicking the link to access the Forums you will see the following:

Click the "-here-" to register if you have never registered for the forum.  If you have registered already, simply enter your username and password to access.

If you click "-here-" to register you will see the following:

You can change you username after you are logged on so don't give it too much thought yet. But be sure to pick something that you can remember!

Email: this must be your current accessible email, registration links will be sent there.

Password: This too can be changed as well after you register.

Verification Code: to prevent automatic registration robots from entering the forum the randomly generated Verification Code must be entered in the Verification Code box. Note that the code in blue above is not the code that you will use, you will see a new random code in the registration screen.

You need to read and accept the user agreement, basically is says that you will play nice.

After you click the "Register" Button you will see the following:

Check your Email and you will have received an email from APICS Northeast District Officers Forum, it contains the following:

Clicking on the link will give you the following:

Click the "Login" button:

Did you remember your Username and Password? Enter the Username and password that you chose when you signed up.

Click "Login"

Now you will see the Categories (Forums) available to you.    The first feature to point out is the ability to send and recieve PM's (Personal Messages).  You have a message account here at the forums. You can use it to send a note to another user, District Staff or the Forum Administrator.  Look at the top of the home page you will see the following: Where John Q APICS is you will see your user name.   Put your mouse pointer over the text "1 message"                         When you see "1 message" change color, click it, you will be brought to your PM Page. Click onto the Subject to read your message, it works like email, you can reply, send a note, save messages, or delete them. Your message will look something like this" Note that here is where you need to let us know if you are a Chapter President, or a Student.  Hit "Reply" and let us know. Subject: Welcome to the APICS NE District Officer Forums « Date: Today at 11:04pm » Welcome and remember to play nice!   Use this tool to exchange thoughts, ask for help, post new and innovative ideas, or maybe gripe a little.      If you are a Student or a Chapter President, hit the 'Reply' button below to send a note to the administrator and let us know.      There are special features in this forum that are accessible to Chapter Presidents or Student Members only.  After you send us the note, give us 48 hours to add access to your account for these features, After we activate access for these features you will see them upon your next log in, We will send you a note to let you know that we have activated your account.   To protect the privacy of student members if you are a Student Member, please let us know which Institute of Learning you are attending and your APICS ID Number. That way we do not give access to the Student Forums to anyone that should not have them.   Now, go and update your profile, pick an Avatar and have some fun!   Thank you, The Administrator.

If you need assistance at any time, look for the Help Button at the top of your screen and click it.

Next thing you can do is to update your Profile, here you can pick an Avatar, Update your contact information,  Select "Profile" at the top of the page:

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