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Category of user
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Main types of usage
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Members of the public
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- Gaining an insight into the Alexander Technique's world’s relationshp to science and scholarships
- Accessing materials connected with the AT: deepening understanding of the AT
- Locating specialist material connected with the AT
- Linking back to sponsor sites eg STAT
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Alexander pupils
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- As above + able to contribute to "Alexander Technique in Autobiography" project
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Alexander teacher trainees
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- Using for research and study purposes relevant to their current training process
- During final terms, usage as for Alexander teachers
- Participation as Contributors where appropriate
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Alexander teachers
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- Locating specialist material on AT relevant to teaching practice or private study - deepening understanding of the AT and pedagogical issues
- Discovering opportunities to participate in projects
- Locating materials relevant to CPD
- Participating as Contributors where appropriate
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Contributors: lay people, professional researchers, Alexander Teachers, trainee teachers with demonstrable ability to contribute
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- Submitting materials for publication on the website
- Posting comments against materials
- Contributing to forum discussions (subject to moderation and peer review as appropriate)
- [see the page on Contributors for further detail]
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Editorial Advisory Board Members
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- Providing peer reviews of contributed material
- Offering guidance on editorial policy
- Offering suggestions for new bibliography enries and link library entries and/or adding them directly
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Editorial Assistants
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- Adding new content as directed by Editorial Board Members
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Editorial Board Members
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- Overseeing the entire ASO initiative
- Referring materials and issues to Editorial Advisory Board Members
- Reporting back to project sponsors
- Making final decisions on submitted materials
- Moderating comments
- Drafting, reviewing and approving static content on the website
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Managing Editor
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- Ensuring implementation of Editorial Board decisions
- Chairing Editorial Board and exercising a casting vote
- Monitoring the effectiveness of policies and procedures and reporting to the Editorial Board
- Formally reporting back to Project Sponsors
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Indexers
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- Adding and amending Universal Alexander Technique Index entries
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Project Sponsors*
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- Supporting and refining the ASO vision
- Providing financial and other material support to ASO
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Representatives on Representative Body
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- Providing the formal link between ASO and external bodies such as national Alexander Technique societies from around the world.
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Website administrator
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- Creating and de-activating new user accounts
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Website manager
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- Liaising with developer
- Soliciting and collating feedback on website features
- Liaising with the Editorial Board concerning future developments
- Implementing new features and modifying existing ones where technically competent to do so, including menu items, views of data, fields on content types etc
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Website developer
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- Providing technical relevant to influence design decisions
- Setting up backup and other server-related routine processes
- Managing the hosting environment
- Installing and updaing code modules
- Implementing new features outside the technical competence of the website manager including bespoke coding where necessary.
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