New Australian Invertberate Forum

Greg Bylund invited me to partner him in co-ownership of the Australian Invertebrate Forum which I gladly accepted. We wanted to make the forum more professional which of course meant more costs in software, IT fees and hosting. Jointly we invested in the new site and changed over 24 hours ago.

AIF screenshot - new forum

The new forum and our bi-annual journal, Thula, is located at:

http://www.inverts.com.au/index.php

All the old posts have been incorporated in the new forum of course thanks to a massive all night effort by Greg. The new forum offers better capabilities for social networking, albums and forums in general. We will continue to improve the installation to get the maximum benifit from it for our members. In addition we will be expanding our sales activities and sponserships to help bring in income to the forum so we can continue to offer these services. I sure hope all our members enjoy the new look!

Since joining the forum about a year ago as a new member I have seen it grow to become the most active forum on Australian invertebrates with a wealth of information available for all levels of enthusiasts thanks to our dedicated members. We foster an inclusive environment where ALL are welcome and respected. Information and new species finds are freely disseminated without the usual "secret squirell" baggage except where locations are involved for rare or new species in order to protect them from illegal collectors. We all look forward to seeing old and new faces on the forum.