Congratulations to us !

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 08 Dec 2005, 20:07

I'm delighted to report that Portobello Online won the 'Highly Commended' award (runner's up place) in the 'Community Enhancement through the Internet' section of the Calor Scottish Community of the Year 2005 Awards today. Anyone who wants to buy Bob or XXXX (aka Paul) a celebratory drink can find them in 'Forester's Bar'

Portobello Community Council also won 'Commended' certificates in two other categories; Old People and Community Life.

A proud day for all of us indeed!

edit: corrected a typo

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 08 Dec 2005, 20:14

That is absoultely fantastic news!
Well done to Bob, Paul and everyone else who made it happen.

Em, is there a prize?
Not that the prestige of it all isn't enough.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 08 Dec 2005, 20:47

ecm wrote:Em, is there a prize?
Not that the prestige of it all isn't enough.

I think we get Â£250

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 08 Dec 2005, 21:05

ecm wrote:That is absoultely fantastic news!
Well done to Bob, Paul and everyone else who made it happen.

I second that!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 08 Dec 2005, 22:54

Brilliant news

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 09 Dec 2005, 08:17

my head hurts

DG · Post by DG » 09 Dec 2005, 09:01

Well done, Bob.

Final recognition for all your hard work over the years

DG

Ed · Post by Ed » 09 Dec 2005, 10:33

Well done guys!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 09 Dec 2005, 12:33

Fantastic news and almost a just reward, you should have won it Bob et al.

Ed · Post by Ed » 09 Dec 2005, 12:34

Who did win it?

xxxx · Post by **xxxx** » 09 Dec 2005, 13:07

they did

Gemini · Post by **Gemini** » 09 Dec 2005, 13:22

Well done to all

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:22

Bob Jefferson wrote:my head hurts

You deserved a celebration...excellent news and how nice to have your efforts recognised (other than by all of us if course

)

Well done to Bob and the POL Management Team and all

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 09 Dec 2005, 19:33

Great news, well done

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 09 Dec 2005, 21:20

Why does Portobello not have a gala day?

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 10 Dec 2005, 00:09

Congratulations and well done to the whole team

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 10 Dec 2005, 00:12

Great news!!
Congratulations to you all, very well done!!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 10 Dec 2005, 01:20

Sandra wrote:Why does Portobello not have a gala day?

We used to have Gala Days Sandra with done up lorries but I can't ever remember the sun shining! In fact I can clearly remember one about 10 years ago when it absolutely chucked it down and the two floats practically sailed along the High Street. It sort of just fizzled out after that.

Scoop · Post by **Scoop** » 10 Dec 2005, 01:37

Well done to everyone involved - a great achievement.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 10 Dec 2005, 16:40

Thanks everyone. I vaguely recall a meeting I held in the library 6, 7 years ago? I remember saying that I wanted to not only build a community website, but to build an award-winning one. If I had known then how long that was going to take, I probably wouldn't have bothered - but we got there in the end.

I'm personally delighted and I'm delighted for everyone who has contributed to the project both past and present. There are way too many names to list here, but you know who you are.

That list includes all of you, and its not just me that values your contribution. Check what Dr Douglas Cruickshank, course leader in e-Business at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen has to say about you.

Congratulations also to Lochwinnoch who pipped us at the post with a website that sets new standards in this keenly contested competition. A few ideas there for us to rip off in time for next year!

We had a great time, we drank far too much and, with your help, we'll be back next year.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 10 Dec 2005, 17:39

Bob Jefferson wrote: Check what Dr Douglas Cruickshank, course leader in e-Business at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen has to say about you.

Interestingly enough he comments that

the site is largely produced by volunteers

Right! Own up now. Who's getting paid?

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 10 Dec 2005, 18:27

xxxx wrote:they did

Good site. We have much better quality "gossip and tittle-tattle" though.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 10 Dec 2005, 19:37

bearcub wrote:
xxxx wrote:they did
Good site. We have much better quality "gossip and tittle-tattle" though.

The mini youth forum is hilarious. I now have the goss on a few of the Lochwinnoch teachers.
The grown-up forum however doesn't have a profanity filter. They can say arse and shit and everything. And they bicker and squabble sometimes. Unbelievable!
Maybe we shouldn't have a link to this den of iniquity here in genteel Portobello Online?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 10 Dec 2005, 20:55

Wot's the "Karma" score thing wot they have??

And all that stuff about stroking pussy..... well, really, how vulgar!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 11 Dec 2005, 01:04

Well done to the victors - but we'll get you next year

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 13 Dec 2005, 01:21

But we were the victors, apparently:

Portobello is top web port

All I can say is that it was very noisy in the EICC and something obviously got lost in translation during my mobile phone conversation with EN's Jane Bradley.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 14 Dec 2005, 22:38

Nothing to do with the noise - more likely the way you were <trying> to form your words into coherent speech

Brenda · Post by **Brenda** » 20 Dec 2005, 12:16

Congratulations from the Portobello Reporter group to all who work so effectively on the Porty website - We are pleased to be a part of it.

Congratulations also - though no surprise - to the Portobello community itself. The Community Life section of the CC's submission won a special mention in 1999, when we won the title, and again this time round.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 04 Jan 2006, 20:25

Thanks Brenda. We are grateful for your continued support and for your faith in us from the outset.

Here are the official pics from the event:

Highly Commended in Community Enhancement through the Internet category
l to r: Calor Gas guy?, Paul Butler, Bob Jefferson and Communities Minister, Malcolm Chisholm MSP

Commended in Older People and Community Life category
l to r: Calor Gas guy, Bob, Diana Cairns, Avril Scott and Robert Gatliff

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 04 Jan 2006, 21:22

I feel compelled to say that you are looking phenomenally handsome in the first picture Bob

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 04 Jan 2006, 21:40

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 04 Jan 2006, 22:19

Isn't it amazing how the camera has made us look, well......em.....sober?

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 06 Jan 2006, 11:42

Excellent pictures

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 06 Jan 2006, 11:44

Epykat wrote:Isn't it amazing how the camera has made us look, well......em.....sober?

did you partake before the event? I knew you did afterwards.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 06 Jan 2006, 12:13

Not really. There was the champagne reception of course, and the wine with the meal but other than that we didn't touch a drop.

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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