The support group boards and the message boards are two completely different boards and you have to register on each one. You should be able to use the same name and password to make things easier.
Heather and I thought there would be some questions on how things work and this whole thing is a work in progress so we are open to ideas.
The goal like Heather said is to help people get together and to take this a little further, I would like to make a quick comment. The support groups could take on many forms and I would think that simplicity can be a good foundation to any new group and I see them forming in the following steps:
1. Someone posts their state and city (in that order) and says in the words of Pink Floyd "is anybody out there". 2. A couple of people reply "oh my god - Yes - I'm out here" and a string forms. 3. A few more people join in and everyone is laughing and bawling and having a good time. 4. The string grows out of control and Heather and I break the string off into its very own forum named after the city and State it is in (maybe a special group name). 5. At this point, everyone can just talk online until the next step occurs. 6. The next step being where someone in the group is a good organizer and finds a place for everyone to meet once a month and lead the meetings. This can be as simple as everyone agreeing to meet at a tea house (coffee shop that serves tea - Starbucks) and just getting together to have a good time. The groups could get larger and meet at a library or hospital maybe having a good local doctor help out. Also, having a get together where a kitchen is available could be a good idea. In this case people could cook together learning from each other and sitting down to eat afterwards. This kind of thing may be a real blessing during the holidays where everyone finally doesn't have to worry about what they can eat and be with friends that understand. 7. Everyone can stay in touch on the support boards between meeting and plan what they will want to do at the next get together. 8. Everyone is laughing and bawling and having a good time.
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