Community Consultant:
The Online Discussion Group :::

Community Consultant is a discussion group for consultants who work with cities, towns and counties on economic development or community development issues. Our aim is to create a lively and respectful forum to consider the major issues facing localities and how they might be approached.

This forum is hosted by Google Groups and is restricted. That means that you have to be a member to participate in or view the discussions. And the only way to become a member is to sign up using this form. (You can unsubscribe at any time.) We've created Community Consultant as a restricted site to ensure the discussion remains civil and on topic.

When you sign up, we will enter your e-mail address in the Community Consultant member directory, which is private. You'll receive a confirming e-mail from Google Groups, asking if you really want to join. Shortly after confirming your membership, you'll begin receiving e-mails with the forum discussion.

Note: You may have participated in bulletin-board forums before, but this isn't like those forums. There's no web site to visit to view the discussions; it's all done through e-mails. So when you post a comment or question, it goes straight to the members' e-mail boxes. (Careful what you say!)

Rules of the forum:

1. No marketing of services in the discussions.
2. Civil comments only.
3. No off-topic subjects.

Other rules may be added later.

If one of the rules is violated, we'll issue a gentle reminder. If it's violated a second time, we'll remove the offender's name from the group. Our goal to be sure Community Consultant remains a friendly, welcoming (and commercial-free) forum.

In signing up, we ask for a little information about you but promise not to share this information with outside companies. We may, from time to time, share with members the firm names and locations that are represented in the forum, but we will not publish individual names, titles or contact information. (Please be aware that, in responding to a topic, your e-mail address will be included in your message.)

Thanks, and welcome to Community Consultant! To go to the sign-up form, please click here.