TAP Registration Instructions

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) portal has just undergone a complete overhaul. With a new look and feel, the immediate goal of the portal is to provide a functional, community-enhancing network to energize the collaborative potential of the consortium – and the role of our consortium members in this will be critical. We invite you to register, log on, explore, and take advantage of the information and tools the portal provides.

APCSC is as much about people as it is about information technology. The consortium is comprised of security professionals, both military and civilian, policy-makers, academics, and others from non-governmental and international organizations who have an interest in creating the conditions for enhanced regional security and responding to the humanitarian imperative. The APCSC portal is an on-line interactive collaborative environment that exists in order to bring these people together so that they can share ideas and information on transnational comprehensive security and stability related topics, executive education, disaster management, as well as research and discussion in all of the above. Ultimately, it will help us all be better prepared to respond or mitigate strategic shocks, natural or man-made disasters, and humanitarian crises within the Asia-Pacific region.

Registration is an easy 4-step process:

Go to the following internet web page: http://apcsc.apan-info.net:

1) Click on "Register" and fill out the form

-- User name is normally first name initial and last name spelled out (example jgasner)

-- Display name is how you want your name to be displayed (example John Gasner)

2) After completing the rest of the form, Click on Submit and wait for an email to be sent to the email account you provided.

3) Click on the link provided in the email—this will take you back to the APCSC portal site

4) Click on Request Access.

-- You will have the option of selecting communities of interest, please select "regional security studies institutes".

-- You may also select other communities which interest you.

-- You will receive an e-mail notifying you that you have been granted access as an "authorized user".

And that’s it! Once you are registered, we encourage you to make use of this unique resource. If you wish to share information of interest to fellow community members or others, to use available analytical tools, or just reach out and ask a question, this is the resource to do so. The portal has on-line collaboration tools you may use such as blog, threaded discussions, document sharing and resource links. Adobe Connect, which provides video over IP, real-time chat, white board, and survey/polling functions, is also available.

The portal will remain under constant iterative development, so as you use the site please keep us informed of its utility and suggest ways for us to make it better. You can reach us at TAP@apcss.org or by phone at (808) 971-8973 or 4077 with questions or comments.