Brailes Parish Blog - a two minute guide…
It has become apparent that some people, even though I have endeavoured to make it obvious how the blog functions, have some difficulty in grasping the concept. I do understand that as the administrator of the blog, people could confuse “which hat” I am wearing when I post articles to it. That was something which occurred to me as soon as I set the blog up, and something which I took great care to try to prevent. So, anything I wrote as the administrator of the site, I signed as “Admin”. Anything I wrote as my personal opinion, I have been careful to sign with my own name. How difficult can that be to understand? Very, apparently…
I also made sure that it was and is made very clear that original articles, and responses to existing articles are actively sought - at the end of every article and response is a clickable link to respond to said article. As was apparently pointed out in the recent Parish Council meeting, the whole point of a blog is to enable comment and discussion on topics pertinent to the blog!
Nowhere within or without the blog is it stated or implied that the content of the blog is the responsibility of the Parish Council, is consistent with the “opinion of the Parish Council” or is condoned by the Parish Council. The blog was set up following the comment - I believe of the County Councillor - at one of the Parish Council meetings that it would be a useful feature. Despite canvassing the Parish Councillors repeatedly for content for the website and the blog, and only a little content being forthcoming, I was slightly bemused to understand from comments said to have been made at the Parish Council meeting that some members of the council have never even seen the site…
So to summarise: if one has comments to make about the blog - or articles or comments contained within the blog - the best place to take issue is on the blog itself: if one feels something is inaccurate, then that could be addressed by a reasoned comment - which also has the benefit that those who have read the original article will also be made aware of the contrasting viewpoint, and can then add their comment or not as they see fit.
Hopefully that makes the situation somewhat more transparent!
Admin / Will Doherty.