The Sandon Parish Email Forum

The Internet Email Forum is an easy way to keep up-to-date with what is going on in the Parish of Sandon and its environs. It is available to all Sandon residents, who can use it to:

• express views or feelings on any matter
• exchange views and opinions with other users
• obtain information on parish matters (including neighbourhood watch alerts) and
• pass on useful information

The only restriction is that nothing personal or offensive may be posted on the Forum.

All members of Sandon Parish Council are members of the forum, so it provides a convenient way of communicating with the council.

Joining the Internet Forum is extremely beneficial - and it's easy to do. It will not encourage spam or junk mail and there is no pressure to participate. Also, you can easily opt out at any time.

Try it and see:

Enter your email address in the box below.

Press the black Yahoo! Groups button. A page will appear telling you that a confirmation email has been sent to the email address you entered.

On receipt of the confirmation email, simply REPLY to the email (press Reply and then Send).

Note: As an alternative to Replying to the confirmation email, you can click on a link in the email. This takes you, via an introductory page, to an on-line form that you fill in. This method is not so simple but gives you more options.

Your application will be vetted by the group moderator (Cllr. David Pearson). He may contact you to confirm that you are a resident of Sandon parish.

Once enrolled, you will receive an email confirming your membership. Please read this email as it contains instructions on how to use the forum and how to register with Yahoo Groups (optional). If you register, you can access the forum on line. You can then read past correspondence and change the various options that are available.

If you change your email address or leave the parish, do not forget to tell the group moderator. Please encourage your neighbours to join the forum - the more people join the more effective it will be.

Neighbourhood Watch and the Email Forum

The forum gains added importance from the fact that it forms an integral part of the neighbourhood watch network for Sandon Parish. Neighbourhood watch is a local service run in conjunction with the police. For their part, the police use the network to keep the community informed of any law and order problems that occur and sometimes to give advice, provide leaflets etc. Residents, for their part, keep an eye on their neighbourhood and report any suspicious activity they observe, perhaps in response to police alerts. Cllr. David Pearson is Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator for Sandon parish. He is also moderator of the email forum.

The email forum is ideal for use with neighbourhood watch as it allows speedy dissemination of police alerts and allows residents to report suspicious behaviour. There are Police Community Support Officers on the forum so they will receive these reports directly.

If you have neighbours who do not have email, it would be appreciated if you could keep them informed of any important neighbourhood watch alerts that arise.