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Tealeaf · 01-11-2006, 08:53

I do recall having an hour's knock-about fun with Greg on there on one particular evening. I suspect that we all recognised the thing was going to be a waste of time and money.

However, as Graham says, funding for this project came from central government - in other words, the taxpayer, not the council charge payer. This begs a number of questions, among which are:

1) Was this funding optional, or was HBC forced to receive it and develop the website as part of a central government directive?

2) Did the funding come with a list of approved web-site developers and a package showing council officers how to go about commissioning and launching the project?

3) Presumably, HBC & Pendle were not the only local authorities to be involved in this scheme. How have sites with other local authorities fared in comparision?

01-11-2006, 08:53	#14
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: hyndburn life website I do recall having an hour's knock-about fun with Greg on there on one particular evening. I suspect that we all recognised the thing was going to be a waste of time and money. However, as Graham says, funding for this project came from central government - in other words, the taxpayer, not the council charge payer. This begs a number of questions, among which are: 1) Was this funding optional, or was HBC forced to receive it and develop the website as part of a central government directive? 2) Did the funding come with a list of approved web-site developers and a package showing council officers how to go about commissioning and launching the project? 3) Presumably, HBC & Pendle were not the only local authorities to be involved in this scheme. How have sites with other local authorities fared in comparision?