Volunteer crew aim to brighten up the website this season

The club's website is gaining a major facelift for the new season -- with the help of some 'new signings' on the volunteer front. The aim is to make the site more user-friendly --including often requested features such as match previews, reports and video clips of Caley Thistle matches.

The new site will go 'live' in time for Saturday's first home game of the season against Hibernian. Club chairman George Fraser said:"We're always looking to improve on all aspects of what we do, and it's encouraging to see that volunteers are helping to develop the website.

We're extremely grateful for their efforts and hope that the end product is pleasing to supporters at home and abroad." So who are the new website media team?

From the left, we have Davie Balfour, who will do match previews and after-game reports; Peter McCallum, the club liaison officer; Don Johnstone, webmaster; Andy Johnstone, videographer and Peter Paul, photographer.

In addition, there is Canadian-based Scott MacKenzie, webmaster, pictured in front of his 'ICT Wall' at his home in Toronto, with his dog 'Caley'.

In 1994, Scott founded the fan website CaleyThistleOnline.com, and when he moved across the Atlantic in 2003, he continued it with the assistance of Don Johnstone who joined him as co-publisher. They thus have considerable experience in what fans seek from a website.

Not pictured is John Paul, brother of Peter, who is a partner in CaleyJags. com and also supplies pictures.

In addition, Ian Auld of Moray Firth Radio will help in supplying pre and post-match radio interviews with Terry Butcher to the website.

These volunteers have plenty of ideas, drive and initiative and fans should, as the new site develops, find a much-enhanced service available.

**STOP PRESS**

A new addition has been added to the Media Squad ahead of tomorrows home match versus Hibs.  We'd been watching the previously un-signed youth reporter Jack Davis for some time.  Davis' had been spotted whilst he was on Highland League duty last season and his talents were immediately obvious.  Davie Balfour met with the youngster following his trial at Motherwell and we're delighted to have secured his services for the forthcoming season.

Davie Balfour, meanwhile, has already put his best foot forward in cycling from Inverness to Buckie for last week's friendly match, to raise funds for the charity appeal for those who assisted the Buckie keeper's son, who was seriously ill. Hopefully we can get the latest news to the site on a much quicker basis. So keep in touch!