How to Post to TMMA Discussion Board
(Members Only)

Introduction

The TMMA provides a moderated discussion board to which TMMA members may post questions, information and statements related to town meeting articles and town issues.  

• To post the discussion board, TMMA members must have a username (or email) and password registered with the TMMA.   

• All posts and discussions will be visible to the public.

• Public access is read-only; however, TMMA members may re-post questions, information and statements submitted to them by constituents.  

• All posts must comply with the TMMA's Communications Policy.

If you did not receive an email from the TMMA, check your junk mail/spam folder. If you cannot locate the email, send a request to WebManager asking for help.  

TMMA Discussion Board Invitation

All Winchester Town Meeting members will receive an email invitation with their TMMA-registered username, email and password with which to log in to the TMMA discussion board.

You can access the TMMA discussion board from your smartphone/iPhone, iPad/tablet and/or notebook/desktop computer.

If you do not receive an email invitation from the TMMA, check your junk mail/spam folder. If you cannot locate the email invitation, send a request to WebManager asking for help.

How to sign-in to the TMMA Discussion Board

The TMMA invitation email will include:

• • Your discussion board username (example: John_Doe-5); format is FirstName[underscore]LastName[hypen]YouPrecinctNumber). 

  • Your personal email address (example: Jane.Doe@gmail.com)

  • Your discussion board password (example: xxXXxxXx). You may change your password after you have signed in; however, you must use your original password for your initial sign-in to the discussion board.

• Click Go to Discussion Board or open your internet browser and paste this link in the address window: https://forum.winchestertmma.org/.   

  • Click on the "Log In" button.

  • Enter your username (example: John_Doe-5) or email address: (example: JDoe@gmail.com) 

  • Enter your password:  (example:  xxXXxxXx); and 

  • Click the "Log In" button.  

• If the registration information is correct, you will be returned to the Discussion Board home page, where you can:

  • Open the categories (main topics);

  • Read the discussions and comments within each category;

  • Add comments to discussions; and 

  • Create new discussions.  

Click on a "Tag" (aka "Category") to see the "Discussions" under that category

• Note: Some categories may have subcategories.  

Click on a "Discussion" to read the posted questions, information or suggestions

• You may post a reply as a comment.  

• If you leave a comment in the comment box, click the "Post Comment" button to post the comment immediately or click the "Save Draft" button to complete or edit your comment at a later time.  

• Use the menu list on the right side of the page to jump back to the list of categories or see a list of all recent discussions.  

• Registered users can use the options under "Settings" to be notified when new comments are posted.  Notifications can be for all postings or for postings on a specific category or categories of interest to you.  

Create a "New Discussion"

• Click the "New Discussion" button to create a new discussion topic. The program will ask for a short title.  

• If you open a new discussion on the main "Categories" page, the program will ask you to select a location e.g., category or subcategory.  

How to get help

• If you need technical assistance accessing or using the discussion board, email the TMMA Web Manager at WebManager.  

• If you have questions or concerns about the contents of posts, email the TMMA Discussion Board Monitor at Monitor.