| Topic: | Re:The answer to the question | |
| Posted by: | Andy Jones | |
| Date/Time: | 13/04/06 09:57:00 |
| This is really something of a non-issue. I called up the company who run this site just to ask them a few questions mainly on the technical side which is my primary area of interest with a possible view to seeing if they would be interested in me working with them. They were very amiable and open and you should talk to them first before launching a crusade on their behalf. I did ask about the IsleworthTW7.com issue and they said that whilst they'd always listen to proposals for new sites their thrust was to link up the existing network of sites geographically. Their plan for 2006 was for six new sites and all were to the east or south of Brentford where they felt there was more chance of a web site of being commercially viable. I got the impression they were a bit wary of expanding in this borough any more because the Council weren't as supportive as in other areas and according to the moderators BrentfordTW8.com accounts for 70% of their work even though the forum is less than 5% of traffic. They have been having problems with the development of new architecture for the site with the project now nearly a year overdue. If they can get it to work it will be quite interesting although my own impression was that they may have been over-ambitious in their aims given their lack of resources. This isn't just me being annoyed that they didn't offer me a job! The reality is that IsleworthTW7.com isn't likely to happen for at least two years even if Phil Andrews was willing to co-operate. |