Why We Need TIRRA... thetisisland.net

The original community website, thetisisland.net, does require someone who knows how to manage a website, so it's a very specific skill. But it's one that more and more people have experience in, so we trust it won't die on the vine. There are several other community sites now, but they all have a slightly different focus.

thetisisland.net is where most of the information about the island and its many organizations and services can be found, directly or via links, in one place. And that includes minutes and reports that used to sit in overflowing filing cabinets in closets at Forbes Hall.

And it's another place where island businesses can advertise, either as a listing, a link to their own website, or actually have a low-cost page that we build for them, so they can have an appropriate URL without going to the expense of their own domain name.

We host the ferry webcam, and the businesses that advertise on the webcam page have contributed to the cost of buying and maintaining that service over the years. We have a local real estate page, so potential islanders can see most of what's available in one place. It's all about infrastructure again.

Thanks for reading!

(another in the series of short notes on what TIRRA does for us all, and why we need it.)

- Veronica for the TIRRA Executive Board