Clan MacColin
of Glenderry

The Latest from the Chief...

The Reunion was a success, in spite of the rain, hail, thunder, and mud, though little of the paperwork got done. Now we approach the biggest event of our year, Faire.

Check the Message Board early and often for news, and daily during the run. You can join it to monitor events and communicate with other members more easily. Remember to sign your posts and make sure you have identified your user name to help me know who is who and keep the spam out.
  Please spread the word to your regular clan correspondents you phone or email.

If you have any questions please email me, ColinChief@hotmail.com.

Yours aye, Steven

Notes From Tournaig

Thanks to a criminal act by Global Solutions (GISOL.COM registrar/web host), Tournaig.com no longer exists. On the last renewal transaction they charged me $190.80 on 4/17/08 for an annual renewal contract, then reversed it 4/22/08, and charged me $1798.20 4/22/08 for 36 months of a premium site instead of my personal site, all during Faire start up. They now (12/4/09) claim the account has been "hacked" and I must purchase a new account for a minimum of three years. They hold the registered site address hostage. Their Better Business Bureau rating has dropped to "F". Now I have changed all my primary email addresses, every bloody site, bank, newsletter, vendor... Any recreation will have to be .net, .org, or an older spelling like Thurnaig. Feedback and free advertising of GISOL.COM's business practices is much appreciated.
Thank You

Please email me notice of any problems on the site, as I recently found a two character problem that caused IE not to render a page, while other browsers had no problem. What I don't see or know about dosen't get fixed.

The big batch of pictures is in PhotoBucket Faire09 at 800x600, with larger available from me. Do send me links to your batches to put into the links at the bottom of the pictures page, and let me know which shots should be on MacColin.com, and which should go away. It should be enough to interest and remind us, but not overburden.

Wondered about Himself's complaints about the wood quality? A recent project at home reminded me to show you why. It recycled a recycled 2x4 used in a rack carrying stuff to Agoura, and you can see the density of the rings in that piece of Douglas fir versus the one it is sitting on...

Major Updating needs review.

Tournaig Tournaig Household Pictures are linked on my Home Domain directly, as well as from the MacColin pix page. I am trying to get pages for all the Grad Flaith households, and experimenting with page approaches. Feedback is needed. I have had four emails that showed me some one read it and hope for more. The collapsing approach used below needs a yea or nay.

The MacColin Basic Guide has information you are required to know, and much of the basic information aggregated in the past 30+ years. You can also download Basic Guide in .pdf format.

The 'Clan App' covers more than the address for the Seannachie so one is needed for each member, including kids.
It covers contact information (we need to add more for this), legal, and medical information, including date of birth for each, which allows the chief to answer questions like "How many kids/minors/adults do you have?" from Faire, and updating for Pikemitsfa (under age is no dues, but insurance is required for all).

ID Project needs a clear, small 150x150 pixel picture of each face, kids included just like apps, that will read when printed by a b&w printer so we have a reference. We also need some for members of note and tale, which can help out on our time line, so others can tie some loose ends together. The Marks Registry pdf is better for learning existing marks.
You know how to do an address update, and this way we are a current as possible.
Timeline, and Warrants are at a standstill.

The Outline of Links of the sets of links will help with where to look and link to them.
In the Outline use the Find function (most browsers use ctl-F) and look for a related term, like "lyric" which will also find lyrics, and once you are in the area, follow the outline tree up. REF07 I 4 vii d 2 is the outline location, so click the address, and scroll to I (Scot) 4 (Social graces) vii (music) d (other) 2 (Lyrics) and start doing the old right-click open in other window on each one that looks likely. Some links are old (these are the most useful sites I have found in the past years, over 4000 links, and some die every month) or slow, or are limited traffic. Try surfing these links, there is more stuff related to our interests in these than you can read in a year. And if you find another good one, let me know, and it will be added for the rest of us to use.  

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