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Wednesday
Feb 08th
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Starting Your DebateOurFuture Groups PDF Print E-mail

Or start a cause, change the world, use DebateOurFuture as a platform to be heard. Rally your members around global warming, pollution, and political or social movements. Use the WebPages, blogs, articles, videos and your logo to spread your message to the masses.

The Movement For The Return Of Family Values To Television: bring morality back to media
Act Now To Stop Global Warming: a powerful lobby to get our government to act now, protect our future.
The New Social Order For Internet Behavior: creating an Internet Safe Environment through morality.
How To Get Attention Discussion Group: provocative vs. creativity, lewd and lascivious vs. interesting and compelling
 

Make A Group


Now you get the idea. Click Here to find a category in the directory to create your group. You'll see the "add listing" link when you click on the category you want. Or after registering, click Group on the submission menu. As this is an Internet Safe Environment, your submission will need to be reviewed by our moderators.

Special Group Features

   
Group Leadership: The creator of each group is the actual leader and administrator of the group.
Group Listing: Your group is added to a My Groups tab on your personal profile with a link to the groups directory listing.
Group Members List Members will be listed on your groups directory listing by avatar, username, profile link, the order of registration, and a  private messaging link.
Group Communication: Group leaders and members have several options for communication
   
  E-mail: Leaders and members can communicate by email.
  Private Messaging: Leaders and members can communicate by private messaging.
  Chat Box: Each group has their own chat box, accessed from the group directory listing and the member profile. Only members of the group can use the chat box for that group. Leaders have moderator control.
  Newsletters and Articles Promote you cause and share your activities through syndicated articles, newsletters, and press releases. (author membership required)
  Group Forum: Leaders have the option to automatically create and moderate a discussion group in the forum.
   
Group Events The leader can post group events. schedule activities with the forums and the shout box.
Group Types Their are three types of groups for the creator of the group to choose from.
   
  Public: Open to anyone, everyone is automatically approved
  Approval Required: The leader can control the membership by approving applicants.
  Private: Membership is by the invitation of the group leader only.
   
Group Officers Hold elections for up to 5 group officer positions of your choice.
Group Awards Award your members for being active in your group with awards that are posted on the members profile
Group Control: Using the "kick control" group leaders can cancel a members membership at any time.
Group Identity Unify your group by using your group logo for Identity and group branding. Design identity items with your logo and attract new members by having a top rated logo in the logo directory.
Group Media Promote your group and cause through video, mp3, blogs, homepages and articles, use the site components to promote your cause or group activities. The site content is syndicated by RSS and can be indexed by search engines.
   
Group Limits: Create as many groups as you can manage. Join as many as you can.
Group Shopping This is user choice and has an on/off button. Each group has a social shopping comparison engine with drag and drop features for sharing peer to peer product recommendations.
   

Join A Group


Not a leader, just a follower, that's fine too! Join as many groups as you want. Every group listing in the directory has a "Join This Group" link. Your username will be added to the membership list under the groups directory listing depending on the leaders approval and the type of group.

Member Profiles And Moderation


For safety, members are identified by username. DebateOurFuture does not post Email addresses and member locations on the website.

DebateOurFuture is the space for "The Rest OF US" who have not found a space on other websites. As DebateOurFuture strives to be different, boudoir or provocatively posed member photos and avatars will be refused. Use your photo or avatar to show the world who you really are.

You are Grown Ups, Lets not make this place about what you show, lets make it about WHAT YOU KNOW!

Once you've registered, you can contact any member of the website. All communication is by request and needs to be approved by the person your a wishing to contact, you'll see how it works once you've registered and logged in. If you need help on how to use the services, click here.
Become A Member

Registration is quick and easy, just click here, or click on the registration link under the login box on the left toolbar.
 
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