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Personally, I'm quite happy to pop in and try to say hello. I try to contribute where I can.

But would I be interested in a formalised role, well, no actually. Giving time of my own free will I have no issue with. But it's a whole different scenario when there is some performance expectation behind it (yes, yes, I know DUK is going to be flexible).

I've also come to grief once or twice when my boss has noted I've had the browser tab open a little too much.

Having been in the postion of managing volunteers, I can see why DUK is doing this (and formalising is usually a good thing).
 
I used to say welcome, even if I did not have anything else to say.Stopped when I say critism about this on another forum.
 
Northerner said:
I don't see anything wrong in acknowledging and welcoming someone, @grovesy - and what are you doing reading other forums 😱 😉 🙂
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Reading other forums is a way of seeing how much better this one is, and allows you to show how professional we are compared to others 😛😳:D
 
Speaking from a new members experience (new to diabetic lifestyle and this site) I found it unclear as to who to go to regarding Staff issues. A thread dedicated to letting the members (especially newbs) know who to contact and about what, would be nice and if there is one already it's not in a clear place. That being said I know this software and where to look but it is still unclear who has what role and what that role is on this site as for different sites you have different roles/titles. Just my opinion so far.

Also so far I have found everyone very friendly here which is nice as I am not diabetic (I hope) and am here on a friends behalf and because it effects his and my lifestyles. I know trolls and trouble makers exist but so far so good 🙂
 
Nixxy said:
Speaking from a new members experience (new to diabetic lifestyle and this site) I found it unclear as to who to go to regarding Staff issues. A thread dedicated to letting the members (especially newbs) know who to contact and about what, would be nice and if there is one already it's not in a clear place. That being said I know this software and where to look but it is still unclear who has what role and what that role is on this site as for different sites you have different roles/titles. Just my opinion so far.

Also so far I have found everyone very friendly here which is nice as I am not diabetic (I hope) and am here on a friends behalf and because it effects his and my lifestyles. I know trolls and trouble makers exist but so far so good 🙂
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Thanks @Nixxy that’s really helpful - I will tag @Hannah DUK into your message so that she can pass it back to DUK 🙂
 
Hi @Nixxy - We're currently making things a little clearer for newcomers so thank you for that, it's really valuable to hear your experience as a newcomer and we really appreciate the feedback.

Great to hear your experience on here has been a positive one! 🙂
 
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