The name of the author and the date and time the Item was entered are automatically added by the host system software. Items are numbered sequentially. The Caucus software keeps track of which Items and Responses have been seen by each of the participants in each conference. When you ask to see new Responses or new Items they are shown to you in the chronological order in which they were added. The conference organizers make sure that the purposes of the conference are clear and that participation is broad and on track.
Organizers control the conference access list for the conference.
The diagram above shows some of the open conferences available on the system. The Welcome Center conference is a special purpose conference that contains brief desciptions of all open conferences on Iris. A wide variety of organizations and groups use the Iris Network for private conferences. Private conferences are not visible to others who use the system. Access lists ensure that only members of your own group can gain entry into your conferences.