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updates to proud2serve.net website and forum

Full details of updates to the proud2serve.net community are included below.

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A regular update is sent to all registered members of the public forum. You can view all previous updates here.

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A full history of all updates and developments to the site is included in the table below, with links to the relevant areas.

Date	Narrative
28 Jun 07	Transsexual focus area added.
11 Apr 07	RAF community consultation write-ups added: 6 Oct 06 meeting at HQ PTC. 22 Jan 07 meeting at CHQ 6 Feb 07 meeting at CHQ.
26 Mar 07	Jan 07 Armed Forces Conference page added, including a write up of the Conference proceedings. 'Diversity Works' RAF E&D stocktake article from Jan 06 in RAF section. Army writeup from the Jan 2007 Conference. RAF writeup from the Jan 2007 Conference.
9 Feb 07	Photos from conference 2006 and 2007. 'Diversity Works' RAF E&D stocktake article from Jan 06 in RAF section. Army writeup from the Jan 2007 Conference. RAF writeup from the Jan 2007 Conference.
17 Jan 07	diva magazine interviews of various serving and ex-serving lesbians. RAF News article on RAF joining Diversity Champions scheme.
5 Jan 07	Sexual Orientation Regulations 2003 as they apply to the armed forces. Calling notice for the 2007 Armed Forces Conference for Lesbian and Gay Personnel. 3933 posts in the public forum and 425 members. 237 pages on the main site.
18 Jun 06	News articles + online media coverage of EuroPride, plus photographs of the marchers in the gallery. 2750 posts in the public forum and 291 members. 211 pages on the main site.
18 Jun 06	Chat Room now live and integrated with the public forum. 2500 posts in the public forum and 272 members. 192 pages on the main site.
16 Apr 06	First stab at an FAQ for Commanders and Managers. Civil Partnership and the forces - intro, a questions and answers, and an explanation of the new JPA categories Gallery updated. Now 17 photos. Send us your (approved) photos from socials for inclusion! RN and Army sections augmented with two pages. Minutes from the first Armed Forces Conference for Gay Personnel. 2000 posts in the public forum and 225 members. 189 pages on the main site.
5 Feb 06	Gallery added. Send us your photos for inclusion! RAF section augmented with two pages. Account of Manchester Pride RAF involvement in the RAF section. Over 1150 posts in the public forum. 163 pages on the main site.
15 Dec 05	Coming out guide enhanced and extended. Public forum includes centralised list of polls and a "review" section for destination guides and feedback on websites.
1 Sep 05	Single-service Army and Royal Air Force sections added. Limited initial content. FAQ - answering the questions of straight personnel Collection of published interviews with serving personnel. the road to equal rights in the military - the full history of the legal changes NATO approach to homosexuality in its many Armed Forces. Initial links to international military associations and organisations added. Academic research into gays in the military added. Guide to the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations. Treasury briefing note on what Civil Partnership means in tax terms. Search - advanced site search using Google, MSN and a forum search tool An overview of traffic to the site will be developed on the "statistics" page. 125 pages on the main site with 284 posts to the public forum
24 Aug 05	Press release: site now at 'Initial Operating Capability': 100 pages on main site, 200 posts on the foum and 75 registered users.
7 Aug 05	Single-service Royal Navy / RM section added. A couple of news articles added, and also personal accounts by Craig Jones and Mark Probee. 93 pages on main site with 843 external links.
25 Jul 05	FOCUS magazine article added. Public forum has over 50 members and over 125 articles! Extra links under Help and Advice 81 pages on main site with 731 external links. 3000 page views per month to date.
8 May 05	Some shopping pages added with selected advertisers. Further categories added to the public forum. Additional networking and dating sites added. Amost 300 pages being viewed by 40 visitors every day this month so far - good effort team!
1 May 05	Public forum is now live - you do not have to register to contribute. Design has now been implemented and all website pages should 'feel' the same. What do you think of our logo? Feedback please! 56 pages with 375 external links to date.
15 Apr 05	Bits and pieces slowly being added in. Key military policy documents. Key parts of the Civil Partnership Act included in full. An information section about military pensions and same-sex rights. News updates containing stories of relevance to gay men in women in the military. News links to sites with partnership, equality, employment and military news stories of relevance. Next big update will be the introduction of the forums so that you can interact! Best of all there is now a site map and a google-driven site search to help you navigate (because you are probably in the military and need a map)
7 Apr 05	Initial skeleton of the site structure put up
20 Nov 04	Initial page of networking links put up.
2004	Domain name registered after a discussion about the lack of an internet community for gay guys and girls in the British Armed Forces.

page: updates.htm
updated: 28 Jun 07

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