The Psi-k Portal replaces the majordomo mailing list
As explained in the Psi-k Newsletter No 86, the April issue, the idea is that the Psi-k Portal replaces fully the existing Psi-k mailing list, so that no human intervention will be necessary to distribute announcements to the Psi-k community. As the summer is approaching, now is the right time to make the switch from the moderated Psi-k mailing list to the Psi-k Portal mode of operation. During the June-September period it is always difficult to maintain physical presence at one particular place and to approve promptly all e-mails sent to the Psi-k mailing list. So, the Psi-k Portal will fully take the role of maintaining electronic services to the Psi-k community. Thus from now on to receive information from or send it to the Psi-k community you need to join the Psi-k Portal. To have an information distributed, you need to upload it yourself and this will go by e-mail to all the Psi-k Portal members, only if for 'E-mail Notification' you will choose option 'High - to all addresses'. Otherwise, it will be saved on the Portal for all the members to view. Of course, you can choose the type of the information you want to upload from the menu, namely 'book, code/software, event, job, newsletter, other'. For viewing announcements saved on the Psi-k Portal, you can either choose 'all' or a specific one from among those enumerated.
To join the Psi-k Portal choose the option 'Login to Psi-k Portal' from the navigation menu, and then 'New Account'. While filling in all the necessary spaces choose your full e-mail address as your 'id', followed by a suitable password. Of course, you need to fill in all the requested fields while joining the Portal. If your account was successfully created, then next time you access Psi-k Portal you just simply login to it with your 'id' and password. While logged in you will be put by default to 'PSI-K', where you will have access to all the information and functionality. In the 'PSI-K' you will have the whole menu at your disposal and then you will be able to upload, view, etc., any information. Please be patient when uploading information, like announcements, reports, etc., as it is sometimes slow, and by pressing multiple times on a 'submit/add' button, you keep on uploading the same information several times. The result being that your information will be sent to all the members of the Psi-k Portal as many times as you have pressed 'submit/add' button. Of course, you have a choice either to distribute your information by e-mail or just upload it to the Portal, for refer- ence and viewing. In order not to have the information distributed you need to choose for the 'E-mail Notification' the option 'None'. For example, the workshop/meeting reports should not be distributed by e-mail, but should be uploaded to the Portal, for 'keeps' and an easy access for everybody, by clicking on the 'Psi-k Resources'. After getting into 'Psi-k Resources' you need to open a folder with the name of your workshop, and then you should upload your report pdf-file or files into this folder. Please pay attention that there is no time limit set on the visibility of your folder, as after that date no-one would be able to see your report anymore.
It is also possible to choose 'My Workspace' while on the Psi-k Portal. One can switch from 'PSI-K' to 'My Workspace' by clicking on the required option at the top toolbar. There are a number of things you can do in your own workspace, and for details you should check on the Portal itself.