Welcome to the OPAL Discussion Forum! Our Aims is to provide you with a peer-driven on line opportunity to discuss topics of common interest. This is meant to be a hub for sharing your views and experience and of thought leadership and also provides a place for you to seek answers to issues you may be facing from like-minded colleagues who will be willing to share their experience.
We welcome one and all who are willing to share their experiences, good and bad, however we ask that you observe the following basic rules:
1. Respect, Respect, Respect.
Respect people's time and attention by asking specific, well-thought-out questions. Please respect people as you would like to be treated by keeping your tone positive and your comments constructive. Remember everyone is at varying levels in their experience on a particular topic, and everyone here is a volunteer, so please be patient and helpful.
In summary: Be respectful, do your research before posting, and “If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."
2. Consider yourself a moderator.
As a member of these forums, you are taking on the responsibility of helping us moderate. We do not censor content posted on this discussion forum, but in order to provide a positive, collaborative space where everyone feels comfortable engaging and asking questions, we will remove any content that we deem inappropriate. If you find a user is posting offensive, illegal, or disrespectful content please report it to the Moderator and we will be happy to follow up. Please refrain from publicly responding to the user and allow the moderator to engage. Please note - This site is not meant for sharing or discussing political, current affairs or religious views and issues
In summary: Report poor user conduct to a moderator, kindly educate our newer members, and help us keep the Discussion Forum clean, useful, and fun!
3. Stay on-topic.
Be sure your contributions are relevant to the discussion you are engaging in. Please do not post duplicate messages in the forums; you will receive the most efficient assistance from other users if conversation is maintained within only one thread. If you have a new question, please start a new thread. Lastly, absolutely NO SPAM and please no solicitations or recruitment adverts.
4. Protect your (and others’) privacy.
Please do not post anything that would violate any contractual or nondisclosure agreements. Do not share anything about yourself or your organization that you would not want to see on Wikipedia or in Google search results.
5. Remember, this is user-generated content.
You'll find plenty of good advice here, but remember that your situation may vary from that of the individual sharing a solution and not all advice will perfectly resolve the issues you may be facing. Apply the same good judgment here that you would apply to information anywhere on the web.
6. Have Fun
Lastly have fun and enjoy the discussion even if you do not contribute..
