The SMART TD forum contains categories. The categories contain boards, and child boards, where applicable. They are similar to folders and sub-folders on your computer. The boards and child boards contain topics. &#039;How this forum is organized&#039; is a topic within the &#039;Welcome&#039; board. The &#039;Welcome&#039; board is in the &#039;Welcome to the SMART TD 168 Forum&#039; category. Boards, and redirect boards are orange and categories are the darker blue. Child boards are also blue.<br /><br />Permissions are based on group membership and membership in a group gives you access to boards. We have tried to keep the permissions for most boards within a particular category the same. The categories are labeled with the groups that can access the boards within them for clarity but it is the actual boards, not the categories, that the permissions are applied to. Exceptions to individual board permissions will be noted. <br /><br />When you registered for an account you were assigned to one or more member groups based on information you provided during the registration process. Group membership may change later; for example, if you are elected to a SMART TD 168 union office you will be placed in the Officer group. The current primary member groups are:<br /><br />Moderator<br />SMART TD Officer<br />Zone 4 Conductor<br />Zone 4 Engineer<br />Other Zone T&amp;E<br />Manager<br /><br />If you are in a group that has access to a board you generally have the ability to read, post replies, and create topics on that board. Managers do not have permission to create topics or post replies on any board. Registered managers do however, have read permissions on boards that are noted (All users). <br /><br />If you do not belong to a group that has permissions on a particular board, that board will be invisible to you. If you do not belong to a group that has permissions on any board within a particular category, that category will be invisible to you.<br /><br />For security, there are no Guest permissions on any board. You must be a registered user to access this forum. Guests are not permitted. <br /><br />