Private forums
Alongside our public forums, we also host private forums which are run by individual shipmates. They can only be seen and posted to when you become a member of each particular forum. Joining them is at the discretion of the hosts, so talk nicely to them. Only shipmates (members of the public boards with 50+ posts) can apply to join. The private forums are:
Waving, Not Drowning
Here's a safe space for shipmates with any kind of mental health difficulty, from depression to personality disorder, and all stations in between. It's a place for mutual support, not unwanted advice; a place where if you feel you are drowning, you can wave and others will swim alongside. It could be a lifesaver. Comments one board member: ‘This board is something very special and important. For many of us, what we experience and feel makes us seem like nutcases to most of the people we meet. And yet here there is likely to be someone else who has experienced something akin, or at least can empathise.’ Please note that the requirement for joining is 100 posts on the public forums. If you’d like to join, message Esmeralda.
Via Media
This forum is dedicated to the proposition that discussion of specifically Anglican issues – by Anglicans, for Anglicans, and ranging from theology to tat, from surplices to sexuality, from bishops to bell ringing – does not necessarily have to be inflicted on the rest of the Ship. Anglicans are an intensely diverse group of Christians, but we have basic principles in common. This is a place where we can explore them together. Sympathetic fellow-travelers are, of course, welcome to join us. If you’d like to join, message Margaret or Rossweisse.
SuppAut
Whether you're formally or self-diagnosed on the autism/Asperger's spectrum, this forum is for mutual support and sharing views and experiences. If you’d like to join, message Jacobsen
Want to set up and run your own private board? Message Simon to find out how.
If you're trying to contact on of the hosts of these boards and get no response, contact one of the admins.
Waving, Not Drowning
Here's a safe space for shipmates with any kind of mental health difficulty, from depression to personality disorder, and all stations in between. It's a place for mutual support, not unwanted advice; a place where if you feel you are drowning, you can wave and others will swim alongside. It could be a lifesaver. Comments one board member: ‘This board is something very special and important. For many of us, what we experience and feel makes us seem like nutcases to most of the people we meet. And yet here there is likely to be someone else who has experienced something akin, or at least can empathise.’ Please note that the requirement for joining is 100 posts on the public forums. If you’d like to join, message Esmeralda.
Via Media
This forum is dedicated to the proposition that discussion of specifically Anglican issues – by Anglicans, for Anglicans, and ranging from theology to tat, from surplices to sexuality, from bishops to bell ringing – does not necessarily have to be inflicted on the rest of the Ship. Anglicans are an intensely diverse group of Christians, but we have basic principles in common. This is a place where we can explore them together. Sympathetic fellow-travelers are, of course, welcome to join us. If you’d like to join, message Margaret or Rossweisse.
SuppAut
Whether you're formally or self-diagnosed on the autism/Asperger's spectrum, this forum is for mutual support and sharing views and experiences. If you’d like to join, message Jacobsen
Want to set up and run your own private board? Message Simon to find out how.
If you're trying to contact on of the hosts of these boards and get no response, contact one of the admins.
Comments
The "50 posts+ Shipmate" was only ever a part of the eligibility for private board membership. Especially for something like Waving, the hosts had to be as sure as they could that members would be trusted, that means enough posting history to make that judgement.
However, the Haven has been very quiet these past few years, probably reflecting a more inclusive society, of which the Ship is a microcosm. Please PM me if you think it would be worthwhile considering re-establishing Fair Havens on New Ship.
If this would be of interest to shipmates who are either self- or formally diagnosed as being aspergers/ on the autism spectrum, please pm me. If your name as changed on the new ship, please say what you were previously called.
Thank you!
Can I please still join that board, as the owner of the board invited me? Or do I have to build up 50 posts on the new ship?
It's very confusing, because of changing vessels.
I knew i didn't have enough posts to be a shipmate, so couldn't work out how i was one
There's every chance I had been dreaming about this and saw "shipmate" next to my name in the dream....
Given the different way the post count works here the private board hosts may wish to consider how they decide on membership of their boards. But, that is their decision to make. The private boards are largely independent of the Ship. As long as there is nothing that will reflect on the Ship generally the hosts of private boards can run things how they like.
As i say, i was invited to the board by the host, and i got an email from them saying that i had to have the 50 posts first.
So I don't know whether that was their choice or whether that was just their understanding of the rules.
Thanks!
Oh no - the games up. We've been found out.
Is Suppaut still running? Is there anyone else I can message about joining?
Likewise. This is one of the reasons why I haven't been around much the last year or so. I have found other places to discuss autism related issues. But the Ship is where I first discovered that I might be on the autism spectrum (through Amber).
The Ship is still a useful place for discussing being autistic and a Christian.
SuppAut was mentioned here: https://forums.shipoffools.com/discussion/comment/5536#Comment_5536
But the host Jacobsen hasn't posted on the public boards since May: " Last Active May 16 "
Is Jacobson OK, does anyone know? I am always worried when an active poster like her appears to vanish suddenly.