Why We Need TIRRA...

e-Spokes must be one of the most used and appreciated services TIRRA provides. WHAT a brilliant idea it was! 

Long-time islanders will remember back to the days of the phone wheel. If you needed everyone to know about something, you would call the chair of that committee. They would have a list of, say, 10 people to call, who would each have their own list to call, so that eventually, maybe, as many people who were there to answer the phone would know that something was happening. It was a way of turning out help quickly or reaching part-timers.

The alternative was to type something up and put it in all the mailboxes. As the internet became more widely used, former islander Lon Wood came up with the idea of an electronic version. eSpokes was the name because it was "spokes" of the original phone "wheel". 

The newsletter is such an integral part of Thetis Island life that losing it is almost unthinkable! At the moment there are three people doing the job, each taking a month "on" and two months "off", but trading with each other when needed. New volunteers are always welcome - it just spreads the joy around.

(another in the series of short notes on what TIRRA does for us all, and why we need it)

Thank you for reading,

TIRRA Executive Board