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Week St.
Mary
NORTH CORNWALL, UK
50° 45'03.84"N
4° 30'01.39"W
Elevation: 142m OS: SX237977
CALOR VILLAGE OF THE YEAR
County Winner
2009

About the Web Site
Q. Why are we doing it?
A. Because we have grown up in this village and consider it to
be our 'home'. We have both married local people and have lived
in the village. We have loved ones buried in the churchyard. We
both believe that such a website is our way of helping to keep
the community informed. When families leave the area it is
surprising how often they return to see friends or to rekindle
memories of previous years, something that can now be done via
the internet - and we are playing a small part in seeing that
happen.
Q. What do we make out of it?
A. Nothing in monetary terms! This is something that has been
asked of late - sadly a reflection of modern times in that it is
assumed that everything must be done for profit. The expenses
normally involved in running a website are often met by various
means - advertising being the usual method! (Though not in our
case!). The only thing we get out of this website is the
satisfaction of knowing that other people are getting as much
pleasure in reading about the village and its history as we are
in compiling and updating the information.
For those unaware on what's involved here is brief synopsis on
the procedure:
First, choose a domain name - i.e. "weekstmaryvillage"
Second, choose a type of domain - i.e. ".co.uk" or ".com" or one
of the many others available.
Third, register your chosen name with a 'hosting provider' after
having chosen a 'plan' (various plans allow a variety of
functions and larger amounts of web storage space - but
naturally, the price goes up!)
We currently have to pay approx. £60 per year to our hosting
company which includes their handling of our domain name (they
have to look after it even if we have no storage space!). In
addition we have to pay Nominet (the web domain name governing
body) about £5 every 2 years by way of a Registration Fee. We
share these expenses in addition to the untold number of hours
spent researching, discussing, chatting, drinking tea and
coffee, etc. and, more importantly, actually creating and
maintaining the web pages which some of you may notice is
usually updated daily.
To get back to advertising, we are more than happy to advertise
the various village bodies, clubs, organisations and businesses
from in and around the village with no thought of financial
reward. If, however, we are asked about payment for any
advertisement we always say "There is no charge!", then add,
"But, if you wish to donate anything then £1 per year will help
to offset our expenses. If you pay £5 then we will not bother
you again for as long as we are in control of the website."
Q. What do we want people to do to
help us?
A. The existence of the website relies heavily on being able to
update the appropriate pages, particularly the Calendar of
Events, to reflect an accurate picture of life in the village.
We do not want people to forsake other forms of advertising for
their functions, etc., but to remember that there are those for
whom a computer is, or is becoming, part of the family scene and
would like to read about the information on screen. (In fact
some have far more than one computer in the house. Do you
remember when only some families had a car, now nearly everyone
has at least one vehicle with many having two or more -
computers are following that pattern.)
The magazine is one example of two technologies co-existing. The
printed version is perfect for many, whilst the electronic
version (on our website) is perfect for those living away from
the village or for past reference when the magazine has been
mislaid or disposed of. If residents have something that would
be of interest to those around them, such as old photographs of
bygone days, or historical documents, then that is the ideal
type of content that could be made available to all our
'readers'. We must preserve our history and the internet helps
us to promote that interest. So let's all pull in the same
direction.
Q. What is the future of the
website?
A. Currently, our plan is to continue to build up the historical
sections as a means of reference and education for those in and
around the village; for new arrivals to the village; to enable
those departing the village to continue to keep in contact with
the local news and events. We sincerely hope that other sections
of the website will also continue to grow. In this digital age
we hope that a variety of photographs will continue to give
pleasure to all. Sadly, there may be some who do not want
pictures of themselves shown on the website under any
circumstances - perhaps they feel it is an intrusion of privacy
and we do respect that feeling. We do not intentionally or
purposely identify any individual if to do so would cause undue
embarrassment or invasion of privacy. We ask that you respect
our integrity in choosing such pictures. We do feel that people
make a village and therefore a website without people would be a
very austere representation of Week St. Mary!
As long as we are able (physically and mentally) to continue to
maintain this website, we will do so. It is our small way of
giving something back to the village that is, and has been, our
'home'. By the time we are unable to keep up this work it would
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