How Do I Post Messages to the ARC Discussion Forums?

Step 1. Select a section of the Federal Funding Toolkit from the navigation on the left.

Step 2. Click on the Talk With Others button within the Share Your Ideas box on the right.

Step 3. Select the Discussion item of the topic that you wish to view all discussions for.

Step 4. Review all discussion postings under this topic.

Step 5. Log in using the Member Login link in the This is an Interactive Community box on the right. (You do not need to log in if you have already done so.)

Step 6. Click on the Reply button near the message you wish to respond to or click on New Message if you wish to post a new message.

Step 7. Type the subject line of your message and the text of your message. You can also type your message in a word processing program and then copy and paste it into the Discussion Forum.

Step 8. Review the ARC Discussion Rules and Policies, and revise your message if it does not comply with the policies.

Step 9. Click on the Post Message button.

Step 10. You may edit your message by clicking on the Edit button near your message. Make corrections and then click on the Post Message button.

If you would like to suggest a new topic for the Discussion Forums, please email your suggestion to Arc-info@nttac.org.

To facilitate your online communication, please refer to our Tools for Effective Web Communication and the ARC Discussion Forums Rules and Policies.