We’ve both been up to our necks in work since the new year started. John has been assisting a Barra/Eriskay enterprise with their existing website, while in the other geographic direction assisting an artist on Harris define what she requires in terms of ICT and a website for her business. Ruth has been working on a local accommodation website and discovering new plugins for use on future projects, as well as continuing her proofreading commitments.
It looks like this busy-ness will be continuing for a while. Over the next few months we’ll be helping local organisations and businesses launch three new websites, which will appear in the portfolio:
- one a new build self-catering establishment
- one a Uist organisation
- …and the third focusing on Uist sporting and leisure pursuits
Hence, we can’t start any new works until mid-April at the earliest. In the meantime, people seriously wanting a website can still get in touch, and we wish everyone good weather for the spring months ahead.
Today Nice Wee Sites had a visit from Archie and Helena, who travelled up from Balivanich. This was for a meeting central to providing requirements specifications for two websites:
- Am Paipear, the community newspaper of the Uists
- UCVO, the Uist Council of Voluntary Organisations
These requirements specifications will help Am Paipear and UCVO decide whether they require websites or not. In addition, it enables them (if they want) to approach a range of web designers and obtain specific quotes.
A double-event today.
This afternoon saw us in the Kildonan Museum complex in South Uist. Here, we conducted a meeting with most of the staff, to help with their website requirements analysis. The meeting was centred around a presentation, which facilitated discussion and led to a nice list of decisions being made. On our return to Berneray, we’ll type this up, then send to the museum so they can take it (if they want) to various website designers and ask for detailed quotes.
But before our return, the evening saw us in Lochboisdale in South Uist. Here, we ran a workshop “So you think you want a website?”, for people who weren’t able to attend the Nunton Steadings workshop a few weeks previously.
Both these events were supported by the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund.
A busy day for Nice Wee Sites!