Looks like the local forums are up and running folks.
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Thanks Cari 
Hi Kitty - unfortunately if you "like" a page then you can only do so under the name you have signed up to facebook under. If it's different to your username on here then no one will link the two of course - but to use a pseudonym you would need to set up a separate facebook account under that name and interact using that identity. Annoying - but out of our control 
Can someone explaint to me how to keep my GN Facebook separate from my 'real' Facebook. Will I need another identity? 
Nice to see that our work is already being appreciated 
celebgran, some info about what's entailed is here www.gransnet.com/info/local-organisers
It's a question of getting listings up on the site (and encouraging businesses and organisations to post their own once we're up and running) and offering a service to gransnetter-type people <studiously avoids any mention of age> in the area.
Any local ad revenue you can get, you keep.
Could potentially be an incredibly useful service and we hope, will encourage more people to get involved and meet up, including some of those who are not currently online.
The local eds we have so far are doing a really fantastic job 
I'm the editor for both local.gransnet.com/brighton-hove and local.gransnet.com/worthing.
I've also got the Facebook and Twitter sites up and running (will add links on a secondary post because I don't want to lose this with excessive copying and pasting) 
Us editors have been beavering away for countless hours getting listings in place and it can be very very time-consuming. Do bear with us, because it will involve an awful lot of work to get the sites looking well-established. Hopefully businesses and organisations will start to add their own listings in time, which will help.
I think the fun will start when the 'local' bit is unleashed as we will be organising meet-ups and such-like, as well as having our local forums to police censor ummm .... (insert appropriate word once experience has delivered it) 
Most of all, do support your nearest/local-ish forum so that they really take off 
Elegran is right. We are planning local sites all across the country eventually but going slowly because we want the right people to edit them.
There will be a tab on the main nav bar (blue strip at the top of pages) that will take you through to the local home page from (I hope) next week. We have been waiting for Tech to get the local forums working properly because there's not much point if people can't talk to each other - but that has now been done. I played with them yesterday and they seem to be working .
Anyone can upload anything onto their own local site. And if anyone does fancy becoming an editor, the details are here www.gransnet.com/info/local-organisers or email us at [email protected].
Lara is Queen of Local - she's away this week but the rest of us should be able to help out.
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