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Re: Internet "Oscars"

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Internet "Oscars"
From: mabon cameron d <98054310@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 23:57:25 GMT
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear all,

Martin wrote:

>I think its a good idea, although it will take everyone time to trawl
>through web-sites (which people might not have), and there will no doubt be
>web-sites that people don't know exist that are worthy of consideration. 

By finding a site with a good links page (I won't suggest one for fear of 
influencing the voters in any way...), it is possible to nip through a large 
number of sites quite quickly. The best sites will probably make an impression 
even after a short visit. 

>Also, the best band website award should be split into 2 categories: 1 for
>websites created by a member of the band/public, and 1 for web-sites
>created by a professional web company (i.e. where the band has paid for it
>doing e.g. Dyke).

Whilst there is no harm in having a "best" site award, some www pages are 
striking for different reasons. Some are funny without being particularly 
informative; others are structurally sound and user friendly but boring to 
look at; others are aesthetically pleasing but slow to download and 
frustrating to use. Therefore, it might be an idea to present distinct awards 
for these different aspects of web design.

Letting the banding press (principally BBW and BB, I suppose) know is a good 
idea. Although the BB web URL appears in most issues of the Bandsman, the 
wealth of information about bands on the net has not yet been highlighted 
within its hallowed pages. It would be good to let the banding community at 
large know about our interactive efforts, not least because the only 
significant mention of the internet in the BB to date was an article about 
"War on the Internet", which revealed nothing about the ways in which the 
internet can and has been used to promote banding...

Also, are you going to allow people to vote for their own band website? 
(whether or not they are responsible for designing it). Perhaps voters should 
declare the band in which they play when casting their votes.

Regards,

Cameron Mabon
(and web-type-designer-person for the recently redesigned XXXXXXX Band 
homepage, to be on-line as soon as I find out how to put it on the new 
server!).

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