 
                
                 Database of Experts, Advocates and Volunteers  
        LongeCity has been 'the' forum for information exchange on
        life extension for over a decade. Over the years, many of the 'who is
        who' in the scene have visited the site, newcomers have used the site to
        educate themselves or as a springboard for new projects,  and many initiatives
        and rallying efforts have brought people together. 
        However, in all that time we did not have a well-coordinated approach to
        networking. From time to time different efforts to reach out and connect
        were made but there were few tools in place to support such 
        initiatives, and they had to start from scratch each time. There was no
        database that can be searched for the right skills set, no 'register of
        interests' that can be used to connect volunteers around the globe...
        until we realized that the simplest and most effective way of 
        creating and maintain such a register was lying right in from of us in
        our database of users.
        To leverage that resource and turn it into a powerful tool for
        networking, we have added new data fields. 
        You can find these by here
        under 'volunteering'. As a privacy protection measure, the entries in
        these fields will be *viewable by members only* -at the very moment, you
        can only see your own entries.  
        
        Please update your profile here:
        if you have ever shared information this kind of information elsewhere
        on LongeCity, (i.e. in a forum thread or in a PM to the Members
        Secretary/Volunteer Coordinator) then please take a minute to enter the
        information in this register. We will look at doing some conversions
        manually, you yourself know best whether the info you supplied is still
        up-to date.   
        
        This initiative is still very much in its infancy and we are looking forward
        to suggestions how to make this into a powerfully effective networking tool.
        
                
                                
                        
                                
                        
                                
                        
                                
                        
                                
                        
                
                
         
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