It is divided into two basic types of postings: Discussions and Documents. Discussions are divided by Topic and by Fellowship. Documents are divided by the Audience to whom the document is addressed (students, committee members, faculty at large...) and by individual Fellowship (this will be a good place for foundations to post their informational material about particular fellowships). Beyond these key divisions, the site maps will show you the way to a number of categories, documents, and discussion topics already in place.

Bulletin Board Guidelines:

1. To gain entry to the Bulletin Board you will need a user name and a password. Username: whatever comes before the @ in your email address (e.g., mark.bauer). Password: your last name (e.g., bauer). To change your username and password to something less formulaic, just contact Tom Nagel tom@midwestnewmedia.com

2. Documents you wish to upload to the site should be named so that they do not have any spaces. Thus, a file name might be “AskingForLetters” rather than “Asking for Letters.” It is also best to avoid other special characters such as # and &. The safe way to go is letters and numbers only.

3. Every posting requires a Subject and a Message. The Subject is what people will see when they view a list of postings, so it should give a brief overview of the posting topic in a simple phrase. Unfortunately, the Message can be quite extensive. Sometimes, however, it may just repeat the Subject.

4. If you want to set up a series of discussion topics in a particular order, post the topics from the last to the first. This way your postings will show up in the right order on the Bulletin Board, which puts the latest posted entry to the top.

5. If you have several documents you would like to post under the same topic, you can do this by uploading successive documents as responses to the original posting. (Institutional users, such as NAFA for pre- or post-conference materials or fellowships with multiple information documents, will be able to simultaneously upload ten or more documents in consultation with Tom Nagel).