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Do Parish Councils need a website? |
Yes |
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No |
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ParishCouncil.net Site Admin
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:05 am Post subject: How useful are websites for Parish Councils? |
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Being a company that makes websites for Parish Councils, are views are rather biased on this point! So, we would love to hear from you about how useful you think websites really are for Parish Councils.
What do you think they should be used for?
Do they serve their purpose(s) effectively?
Are they cost effective?
Please post whatever you want regarding Parish Council websites here... |
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rebecca_craven Newbie
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 4
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Being a sceptic on this issue, I have voted 'no' in the poll above. Our Parish Council is very, very small, has an even smaller precept, and whilst the work that we do is important, it is not the sort of thing that we should have to publish to a website.
We do acknowledge the County's insistence that we need everything 'online' by the end of 2005 (which is obviously not going to happen), but I really feel that it is too much to expect Parish Councillors to have to run a website as well as all the rest of the work that we are expected to do, and do completely for the benefit of the community.
I do applaud the work of some people to make websites for Parish Councils easier to run, but I think it wrong that we should have to have them.
RC |
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codnor_webmaster Newbie
Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Codnor, Derbyshire
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:13 am Post subject: |
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In terms of publishing information such as minutes or agendas, you cannot really fail with a well-managed website. _________________ Plese feel free to visit Codnor Parish Council Website. |
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symonds 3 Star User
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 18
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:57 am Post subject: |
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codnor_webmaster wrote: | In terms of publishing information such as minutes or agendas, you cannot really fail with a well-managed website. |
I have to agree with codnor_webmaster, you cannot beat websites in terms of benefits for the money that you spend. How can printing so many newsletters and sending so many letters possibly be:
a) Cost effective
b) Good for the environment
I say more of us should be embracing the computer age and bringing Parish Councils into the 21st Century. |
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dsjwebmaster 2 Star User
Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Deeping St James, Lincolnshire
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Having had a website for about seven years now I'd have to say it was useful, but "need" might be rather a strong term! (Voted "Yes" anyway). _________________ --
Cllr Mark Warrick
Deeping St James Parish Council
http://www.dsjpc.org.uk |
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hamden Newbie
Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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You say that you have had a website for such a long time. Is it easy to keep it fresh, and to keep people coming back to it after all that time. Parish Council NEt wrote in the last newsletter that this can be a problem, and i wondered whether you were able to keep the visitors coming. |
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annie-jane Newbie
Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 4
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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I've just written something about this in another topic. It may be worth having a look round the forum to see exactly where. My view (which I know is not shared by all!) is that the most important thing is to have fresh, new material, and not just new pictures and photos on the website. |
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