ChapalaForum.com

Welcome to the ChapalaForum.com web site. This site supplements the Chapala Forum discussion site located just next door and at the following URL: chapalaforum.com/phpBB

If you will be regularly using the discussion forum don't bookmark this page but instead bookmark the page at the link above. Enjoy and welcome to the forum. - Steve

What We Do

I'm Steve, the administrator for the Chapala Forum web site and it's discussion forum at the link above. There are other people that run the forum, who are called moderators. Moderators oversee, in a loose way, the conversational posts that are made on the forum. Moderators can be a helpful especially to newcomers. Feel free to ask them questions.

Moderators also try to encourage discussions on the topics they are responsible for. And sometimes these post or posters needs some assistance. 

The topics on the forum vary but are generally about life and living in Mexico with a focus on the Lake Chapala area including Guadalajara and other nearby communities.

Site and forum visitors are encourage to engage in a spirited dialog within the various topics on the forum including topics of almost any theme, in the Off-topic area. We hope you enjoy the forum and find it useful, a source of entertainment, and desirable use of your time. Our goals:

• To remain free
• Allow no invasive advertising 
• Be a source of useful information
• Be a place to discuss Mexico
• Be a site to relax and find humor
• Be an accepting site of diverse users

Hint: Don't take some discussions too seriously!

Get Started!

You may want to start reading the Registration, Help, Announcements topic as you begin or feel free to jump right on it. Lurking or just reading posts is perfectly acceptable.

On the forum there is a topic called Testing 1, 2, 3 where you test your posting skills without fear.