accessing form fields in seam

[knjendu]

In the application I'm developing I have a fairly complex view that requires me to use HTML elements to render items returned from the backing bean. As such, on submission of the form I need to able to access the form fields from the request. Unfortunately I can't find them in request. I'm using JSF 1.2, SEAM 2.3. This is the view html;

<select id="role_select_#{treeCount.index}_#{locationCount.index}_#{departmentCount.index}" multiple="multiple" size="#{userManagementAction.roleList.size}">
    <c:forEach var="role" items="${userManagementAction.roleList}">
        <c:choose>
            <c:when test="${userManagementAction.selectedRole(deptItem,role)}">
                <option value="#{treeItem.root.data.id}_#{locationItem.data.id}_#{deptItem.data.id}_#{role.id}" selected="selected">#{role.name}</option>
            </c:when>
            <c:otherwise>
                <option value="#{treeItem.root.data.id}_#{locationItem.data.id}_#{deptItem.data.id}_#{role.id}">#{role.name}</option>
            </c:otherwise>
        </c:choose>
    </c:forEach>
</select>

I am able to inject the request using seam conventions. When I interrogate the request and session objects I find the following (ignore the # they are there so that I can find debug statements quickly in the logs);

###### PARAMETER NAME userManagementForm:saveChangesButton 
###### PARAMETER VALUE Save Changes 
###### PARAMETER NAME userManagementForm 
###### PARAMETER VALUE userManagementForm 
###### PARAMETER NAME javax.faces.ViewState 
###### PARAMETER VALUE j_id3 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME com.sun.faces.util.RequestStateManager 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.core.manager 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.faces.validation 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.web.requestContextPath 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME com.exade.vcp.Filter.ResponseWrapper 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.core.conversationPropagation 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME class org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.renderkit.html.util.JavascriptUtils.OLD_VIEW_ID 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxStateManager.AJAX_VIEW_SEQUENCE 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME com.exade.vcp.Filter.done 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.transaction.transaction 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.web.servletContexts 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionFilter.doFilterCalled 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.core.events 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.jboss.seam.web.requestServletPath 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME ajaxContext 
###### ATTRIBUTE NAME org.apache.myfaces.AddResourceFactory.CACHE_MAP_KEY 
####### identity.isLoggedIn() true 
####### identity.getPrincipal().getName()User Person 
####### credentials.getUsername() null 
####### seamSession.isInvalid() false 
####### seamSession.isInvalidateOnSchemeChange() false

How do I get the values from the select above in the backing bean?