A small Omeka proof-of-concept proposal I created for the History committee of the Cairn Terrier Club of America. The concept was built using a stack of club newsletters I had handy in my study to demonstrate how an exhibit could be created to feature covers, with full PDF issues optionally included. The longer term suggestion was to add digitized versions of all club …
Originally an adjunct to the Cairn Terrier Club of America site I established the forum as a means to allow the CTCA to interact in a friendly, informal way with Cairn fanciers. The club declined to embrace the opportunity; however, the community thrived despite benign neglect by the parent organization. When I retired as CTCA web administrator the club graciously …
Do you remember that ancient visual joke where someone asks a man “So, do you have any kids?” and the man whips out a wallet and six feet of accordion-fold pictures unravel? Well, that’s Robinsend — the web-based, pet-heavy equivalent of that accordion-fold wallet. We have fewer Cairns now. My bureau looks like a columbarium niche with an increasing number …
A charter member of the Columbia River Cairn Terrier Club I was its first president and served three terms for a total of six years. I’ve served as a board member, show chair for our regional specialty and CTCA national roving specialty, and as an earthdog test committee member. I’ve been the club’s web administrator since club creation in 2004. …