Hi everyone!

Just wanted to kick off this announcements board with the (somewhat obvious) announcement that our new Member Forums are live on the new NOVAA site!

Remember, if you subscribed to certain forums (formerly called message boards) on our old site, you'll need to re-subscribe on the new site. 

Below are instructions on how to do so:

Subscribing to a forum

Members can subscribe to a forum, or to individual topics within the forum, so that you receive email notifications of updates.

After receiving the notification, a member can visit the forum to view the new topics or replies.

Only members can subscribe themselves to a forum or forum topic. Members are not subscribed by default to any forums.

Subscribing to the entire forum

To subscribe to the entire forum, visit the forum page and click the Subscribe to forum link above the topic list.

You will subsequently receive email notifications of updates to any of the topics in the forum, with links to the new or updated topics.

To unsubscribe to a forum, click the Subscribed (Unsubscribe) link that appears in place of the Subscribe to forum link, or click the Unsubscribe link in the email.

Subscribing to a forum topic

To subscribe to just one topic in a forum, view the topic then clickthe Subscribe to topic link above the topic messages.

You will subsequently receive email notifications of replies or updates to this forum topic alone, with the full text of the reply or update.

To unsubscribe to a forum topic, click the Subscribed (Unsubscribe) link that appears in place of the Subscribe to topic link, or click the Unsubscribe link in the email.

Frequency of email notifications

By default, email notifications of forum updates are sent on a daily basis. 

Changing forum subscription settings

Either you as the member or an administrator can change your forum subscription settings.

How to change forum subscription settings as a member

To change your forum subscription settings, follow these steps:

1. Go to your profile.
2. Click the Email subscriptions link. 
   
   
3. Click the Edit profile button.

4. In the Forum subscriptions section, you can unsubscribe your existing subscriptions and change the frequency of forum update notifications. 
   
   
   
   To unsubscribe to a forum or forum topic, uncheck the checkbox beside the forum or topic name. 
   
   To change the frequency of the update notifications, click the dropdown and choose one of the following options:

   Option	Description
   Daily	A summary of forum updates for each day is sent the following day.
   Weekly	A summary of forum updates for each week is sent on Sunday night/Monday morning.
   Immediately	Notifications are sent immediately after an update is made (though the actual delivery could be delayed a few minutes or longer depending on the email server load).

5. Once finished making changes, click the Save button.