It's a hobby

Wikis are something that I have been discussing for a while, but with a different hat.

For numerous years now I have been involved in managing a ruined kirk and it's associated graveyard. As an organisation we have a problem - there public speaker moved south (me). As a result the work on the history and genealogy relating to the kirk have been dispersed to committee members and information is not as easy to trace as it once was.

The other aspect is just before heading south of the border I started a project to collect memories, tales and other tacit knowledge connected to the site. Unfortunately this has been put on hold for a number of years.

Tonight I discovered that my planned visit north of the border this bank holiday has now been hi-jacked to work at a local history fair. This is usually a very informative event, which renews old ties with other organisations which help to promote our cause. In prepartion to this, I have set up a quick wiki. It will take a while before I can extensively populate it, but it is aimed at creating a general body of information accessible to the committee, a chance to encourage public participation, increase knowledge of the Kirk's history (many records were lost during a fire at the local castle), revitalising the work of the organisation and to prompt me into getting round to update the website.

Currently it is out to the committee for comment and will not fully be launched until the website has been updated. It will be a good opportunity for me to practise and hone some of the skills learned in the course, before attempting to apply them in a work based scenario.

If my retired mother can get to grips with this, I'm pretty sure anyone can!