Theatre Lighting Design, Technical Direction and Consulting

Charles R. Kaiser
Aurora, Ontario CANADA

Website Woes

Since 1997 I have served as the webmaster for Clan MacNeil in Canada. For the first two years the website was an unofficial one, and was made the official website by a vote of the Clan MacNeil in Canada Executive Board in 1999. Last Friday I received a letter from the President of Clan MacNeil in Canada demanding that I close the website by September 1st.

The letter makes reference to the Executive Board of Clan MacNeil's "final decision" to close the webpage. This reference implies that a meeting was held. I was not aware of, nor was I informed of, any meetings or decisions regarding the website until the closure letter was received on July 30, 2004.

The web server space and domain registration for http://www.clanmacneil.ca were arranged, maintained, and paid for by me several years before the site became the official Clan MacNeil in Canada site in 1999. As I did all of the website design and am still the owner of the domain name, I decided to disassociate the clanmacneil.ca domain name from Clan MacNeil in Canada and migrate all non Clan MacNeil in Canada specific content to a new website under the banner of Clan MacNeil Net. The old Clan MacNeil in Canada website was host to over 40,000 visitors from around the world, and I believe that the information available on the site is still useful and still very much in demand.

As of August 1, 2004, http://www.clanmacneil.ca became the main site URL for Clan MacNeil Net. The clanmacneil.ca website no longer has any association with Clan MacNeil in Canada. People seeking information on Clan MacNeil in Canada should direct their questions to the organization's President Ms Alene McNeill. Ms McNeill can be reached at 378 Ashworth Drive, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6T6.

The following URLs will now point to the new Clan MacNeil Net:

* http://www.clanmacneil.ca
* http://www.clanmacneil.org
* http://www.clanmacneil.com
* http://www.clanmacneil.net

It is my intention that Clan MacNeil Net becomes an important resource on the internet for all Clan MacNeil related web sites, businesses, and activities. Future plans involve a net portal, link archives, email services, and other web based services for the Clan MacNeil family at large.