Comments on: Free website for every Nairn community group http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html All about Nairn in the Scottish Highlands Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Des http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-477 Des Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:51:55 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-477 Hello Mandy :-) Hello Mandy :-)

]]> By: Brian Turner http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-471 Brian Turner Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:21:33 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-471 Good post, Many, and welcome to the site. :) Good post, Many, and welcome to the site. :)

]]> By: Mandy Lawson http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-469 Mandy Lawson Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:40:37 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-469 I really hope the Nairnshire Telegraph has the foresight and courage to take you up on such a generous offer.... As a Nairn exile, regular visitor and occasional Nairn ambassador to other parts of the world, and a big fan of the Nairnshire Telegraph which I know holds huge nostalgia for locals, I think it would be fantastic to be able to access such a Nairn institution at the click of a mouse. I know my late dad John Lawson- who relied on the unique Nairnshire Telegraph archive as a living link with the past for his historical research- would have wholeheartedly approved of such a positive leap into the 21st century, and was in his time a proactive advocate of an electronic archive for the town. What potential! - a Nairnshire Telegraph which can bring to a global audience not just to latest news of local events and developments but access also to the Nairnshire archives which record all the adventures of our little Highland town's rich history and people. If our local paper does not embrace the web soon it could prove disastrous, with 'adapt or die' the prevailing climate in the communication industries, and modern tourism requiring global visibility.( now!) I'd urge Iain Bain to get with the programme and be brave enough to explore the potential of your generous offer Brian...its not a case of losing Nairn's heritage and traditions - there will always(we can but hope) be a market for local journalism and a 'hard copy' Nairnshire - but getting online does not just mean tapping into a wider readership beyond Nairn it can also mean harnessing computer technology to bring news to the many Nairnites who are getting older and have sensory impairments and disabilities . Anecdote - an elderly Nairn friend who is hard of seeing tells me her current ( Inverness) 'Talking Newspaper' begins by reciting about 20 deaths, by which time she is so depressed she switches the tape off...surely we can do better than this in the 21st century.... Embracing tomorrow's solutions is the only way to truly 'future proof' Nairn's unique character and identity as reflected in the Nairnshire and enable future generations to continue to enjoy what makes people passionate about this little corner of Scotland. I really hope the Nairnshire Telegraph has the foresight and courage to take you up on such a generous offer….
As a Nairn exile, regular visitor and occasional Nairn ambassador to other parts of the world, and a big fan of the Nairnshire Telegraph which I know holds huge nostalgia for locals, I think it would be fantastic to be able to access such a Nairn institution at the click of a mouse.
I know my late dad John Lawson- who relied on the unique Nairnshire Telegraph archive as a living link with the past for his historical research- would have wholeheartedly approved of such a positive leap into the 21st century, and was in his time a proactive advocate of an electronic archive for the town.
What potential! – a Nairnshire Telegraph which can bring to a global audience not just to latest news of local events and developments but access also to the Nairnshire archives which record all the adventures of our little Highland town’s rich history and people.
If our local paper does not embrace the web soon it could prove disastrous, with ‘adapt or die’ the prevailing climate in the communication industries, and modern tourism requiring global visibility.( now!)
I’d urge Iain Bain to get with the programme and be brave enough to explore the potential of your generous offer Brian…its not a case of losing Nairn’s heritage and traditions – there will always(we can but hope) be a market for local journalism and a ‘hard copy’ Nairnshire – but getting online does not just mean tapping into a wider readership beyond Nairn it can also mean harnessing computer technology to bring news to the many Nairnites who are getting older and have sensory impairments and disabilities .
Anecdote – an elderly Nairn friend who is hard of seeing tells me her current
( Inverness) ‘Talking Newspaper’ begins by reciting about 20 deaths, by which time she is so depressed she switches the tape off…surely we can do better than this in the 21st century….
Embracing tomorrow’s solutions is the only way to truly ‘future proof’ Nairn’s unique character and identity as reflected in the Nairnshire and enable future generations to continue to enjoy what makes people passionate about this little corner of Scotland.

]]> By: David Brownless http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-447 David Brownless Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:28:13 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-447 Brian, Auldearn Community Council would be delighted to take up your very kind offer. I realise we will have to handle all the content - I am reasonably familiar with Dreamweaver, so , as long as it's no more technical than that, we should be OK. regards David Brownless Brian,

Auldearn Community Council would be delighted to take up your very kind offer.

I realise we will have to handle all the content – I am reasonably familiar with Dreamweaver, so , as long as it’s no more technical than that, we should be OK.
regards

David Brownless

]]> By: stephen http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-445 stephen Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:33:17 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-445 great offer Brian and i hope you get some takers for your very genorous offer.. you did us proud in helping create our cinema of dream website , which is is now running great thaks brian great offer Brian and i hope you get some takers for your very genorous offer.. you did us proud in helping create our cinema of dream website , which is is now running great thaks brian

]]> By: william fraser milne http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-442 william fraser milne Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:40:53 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-442 thats very good of you and i hope groups take you up on this offer of help. nairn needs all the support it can get. well done thats very good of you and i hope groups take you up on this offer of help. nairn needs all the support it can get.
well done

]]> By: Iain http://www.mynairn.com/2009/02/12/free-website-for-every-nairn-community-group.html/comment-page-1#comment-437 Iain Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:29:15 +0000 http://www.mynairn.com/?p=338#comment-437 Now there's an offer worth taking up! Let me have details of any voluntary group who pursues this and I'll give them a link on visitnairn.com Now there’s an offer worth taking up! Let me have details of any voluntary group who pursues this and I’ll give them a link on visitnairn.com

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