Hi Adeeb,

It's always been the plan for CIMAsphere to go public - this is just the pilot at the moment. I covered this in my first blog post on 24th April. Indeed, the blogs themselves will only be fully-functioning when we open up, as then people will be able to subscribe to them using the RSS feeds.

We don't have an exact launch date yet, as we're still making some improvements and fixes to the site, but it's estimated to be in the next 4-8 weeks.

The site will be read-only to people who have not registered. You need to register and sign-in in order to interact: to post discussions, replies, questions, answers, blog comments and to join groups. Anyone will be able to register.

However, have you checked out our Community Guidelines? There are clear points there on our common purpose, tolerance, respect, language, copyright and more... with zero tolerance of spam of course. Our T&Cs also apply to all registered users.

We aim to host a lively but civilised and professional community, and one where members get value from sharing knowledge. We're as concerned as you are that it stays that way. If you have any other ideas on how we should keep the community focused and on-topic while open to the public, we'd love to hear them.

Thanks, Deirdre
(CIMAsphere community manager)

A disaster to go public! Who made this decision? Did the membership vote for going public and therfore whose authority was sought for this decision. CIMA is a member owned body, period. Yours sincerely Cliff Moggs