Road safety yarning place
What is the Indigenous road safety yarning place?
The yarning place (electronic network) has been developed to enable people with an interest in addressing the impact of road injury among Indigenous peoples to share information, knowledge and experience – even when they live in different States, Territories and regions, come from different sectors (such as transport, health and justice), and work for different organisations.
Currently the road safety yarning place has members from various fields (including Indigenous health workers, people working with Aboriginal community organisations, government officers interested in road safety, police officers, local government employees, researchers, and more).
By combining new electronic yarning services with the quality, up-to-date information currently available in this web resource we aim to create a 'one-stop info-shop' for people working, studying or interested in the area of Indigenous road safety. When you join the yarning place (membership is free - view e-mob membership form) you will have access to the following services:
- e-mob list - contact details for members (with their approval).
- e-yarning board - electronic discussion board for debate about relevant issues (view info).
- e-message stick - an email list for communicating with other members (view info).
A number of other information-sharing features are available to both members and non-members and you are encouraged to use them to contribute relevant information. They include:
- info about current news and events (view info);
- 'share your info' forms for submitting details about programs, projects, reports, and other resources (view forms); and a
- feedback form (view form).
Why join the Indigenous road safety e-mob?
If you are involved in areas that deal with Indigenous road safety we invite you to join the road safety e-mob and share your knowledge and experience through the yarning place.
The yarning place is a great way to network and share information. Through your active participation you will both contribute to – and benefit from – the wealth of knowledge and experience that exists among committed professionals and practitioners working across Australia to reduce the impact of road injury among Indigenous peoples.
Register to join the e-mob now!
Yarning place membership costs nothing - just complete and submit the online e-mob membership form provided (view form). The form will allow us to collect the information necessary to develop your contact details and profile for the online e-mob list.
Are you new to the e-mob?
Your e-mob membership will be processed after we receive your online form. We will let you know by email as soon as your login is enabled.
To access the yarning place (e-mob list, e-yarning board, and e-message stick) you will need to log in (view e-mob login) and enter your email address and password. (Just a reminder - your password is the one you submitted on the e-mob membership form).
The following sections provide general information about the use of the e-yarning board and the e-message stick.
What is e-yarning?
When you join the e-mob you can begin networking and e-yarning through the road safety yarning place. Our e-yarning services enable e-mob members to share information, experiences and ideas without requiring that they be in the same geographical location, or even online at the same time. This is done by means of the e-message stick and e-yarning board.
The e-message stick is an email list (also called a listserve) that will enable e-mob members across the country to share information and yarn. Members can use the e-message stick to seek or distribute info about current projects, jobs, events and other relevant news.
The e-yarning board gives members the capacity to debate issues online by posting and replying to messages on the electronic discussion board. To prevent spam (inappropriate messages), the e-yarning board is password-protected and available only to members of the e-mob.
How does the Indigenous road safety e-message stick work?
The e-message stick (also called a listserve) is an email list for sharing info and yarning with other members. By using the e-message stick you can quickly and easily email a message to the Indigenous road safety e-mob. You simply send your message to the email address provided when you join the yarning place and it will be forwarded to all other e-message stick members.
When other members check their email they will find your message. Other members may also have sent messages, and individual members will decide to read (or delete) each message they have received. If you wish to respond to the message, you can send the response to the e-mob – simply 'reply' to the e-message stick – or just to the person who sent the message.
How does the Indigenous road safety e-yarning board work?
The e-yarning board (electronic discussion board) has been developed to enable members to share information and ideas without requiring that they be in the same geographical location, or on their computers at the same time. It will only become an effective tool for sharing info when members begin to actively use it to yarn. You can browse the e-yarning board before joining (browse e-yarning board). This option allows you to read existing messages but not to post/reply to messages.
As a member, you will have full access to the e-yarning board and will be able to post your own messages and reply to others. When posting messages we suggest that you choose a clear subject heading. This will provide others with a general idea of the content of the message posted by you and help them decide what messages they want to read and what messages they would like to skip.
For the convenience of all members, the e-yarning board is organised by subject. The subjects are provided to help you find the yarning issue that is relevant to your specific area(s) of interest.
Here are a few tips to get your e-yarning started:
- Choose the subject that is most relevant to the issue that you wish to yarn about. If you can't find a specific subject that is relevant to your yarning issue, choose the subject that has been created for general discussion.
- If you wish to start a new conversation within your chosen subject, enter your message in the 'Add new topic' area at the bottom of the page (click on 'add new topic' under the subject heading or scroll down to see the bottom of the page).
- If you wish to respond to a message that has already been posted, enter your message in the 'Reply' section - you will find it at the bottom of the message to which you wish to respond.
- It is a good idea to reread your message for errors and to check your spelling before submitting your post, as the e-yarning board does not let you edit or delete your message after it has been sent.
Yarning place guidelines
As a courtesy to others, and to protect yourself, please follow these guidelines when using the Indigenous road safety yarning place (both e-message stick and e-yarning board).
- Use a brief, clear and descriptive entry on the 'subject' line of messages.
- Where appropriate include your full name, affiliation(s) and email address at the bottom of your messages.
- Be sure the topic you are discussing is appropriate and relevant to Indigenous road safety.
- When replying to a message, please direct your reply to the proper person/people (please be aware that when you hit 'reply' to an e-message stick email the message will go to all members).
- Do not send/post angry, critical or emotionally-charged messages.
- Do not use all capital letters in your messages. USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IS THE EMAIL EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING and is considered rude by some people (please excuse us for shouting!).
- Do not use the yarning place to advertise your company, product or service for commercial gain.
- Use humour and sarcasm sparingly. Humour in email messages can easily be misinterpreted - remarks that you think are funny can come across as rude to others.
Yarning place disclaimer
It is expected that members of the Indigenous road safety yarning place will not send/post any messages that are obscene, racist, vulgar, sexually explicit, hateful, threatening, or that may in other ways violate any laws. The HealthInfoNet will attempt to keep any objectionable messages from being sent/posted through the Indigenous road safety yarning place. We reserve the right to remove or edit inappropriate messages, but it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author. The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet does not endorse the content, viewpoint, accuracy or opinions expressed, and will not be held responsible for the content of any message.
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