| 2.1 Service Catalogue
16. Memorial Web Site | |
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| 2.1.16 Memorial Web Site: | | 1. Every memorial web site is bespoke with its own unique domain that is operated by an open and transparent trust fund that can be inspected by the public. | | 2. People may make a donation to the memorial trust fund at any time to provide for its continued existence and maintenance. | | 3. In memory of a person or persons, a PayPal donation can extend the life cycle of the memorial web site by another year. The life cycle of the memorial web site is for as long as donation revenue exceeds operating costs as a normal not-for-profit trust. | | 4. In the sort term, the memorial web site is a comfort for family and friends. A place to remember the good times and shared experiences. But in the longer term, the memorial web site is a public statement about a person that can sustain facts for very long periods. In just five generations, people have 32 family ancestors, but how many people can name those 32 ancestors who were living just over one-hundred years ago. | | 5. What grave stones did for previous generations, memorial web sites can do a far better job for future generations. What underground tombs did for Tutankhamun, memorial web sites can begin to emulate - people can be remembered for millenia. |
| 2. Style: | | 1. The style of every memorial web site is bespoke with a common theme to preserve the memory of a person or persons with photographs, experiences, events and topics of interest. | | 2. The beneficiary are future generations who may wonder about their ancestors are a means to getting to grips with who they are. | | 3. Memorial web sites can be designed to have a life cycle greater than 100 years so future generations of the family can look back at their roots and understand who they are. | | 4. A modest investment by this generation can give pleasure and awareness to future generations of people, both within the family and researchers outside the family. |
| 3. Public or Private: | | 1. For the first few years of a memorial web site, public web pages may be supplemented with private web pages that contain information about living people. Over time, private web pages may be de-classified as public web pages so everybody can share some of those special moments in the life of every family. | | 2. People may view all public web pages without any restriction, but must register who they are and be granted the right to view private web pages. Normal password protection is deployed to keep private information private and only available to specific named people. Privacy has different meanings for different people. Groups of people working in unison will define their own levels of privacy and communication. | | 3. Registered people have the right to add messages and add web page content that is either public or private. Public information is shared with everybody viewing the memorial web site. Private information is shared with registered people who have signed-in to the memorial web site. |
| 4. Content Contributions: | | 1. Visitors may view any public web page but cannot view any private web page. A visitor may register and if they are accepted, they will be given a pass-phrase and the right to sign-in to view and contribute to private web pages. | | 2. The memorial book of condolences is a public web page but to add a new entry, the person must register and sign-in. Registration details are encrypted, safe and secure - such information cannot be stolen, cannot be leaked to criminals and cannot be sold to companies. | | 3. All web page content has an author and that authors rights are clear for all to see. Copyright in any uploaded photograph shall remain with the person who uploaded the photograph and who granted the memorial web site the right to share that photograph content. Copyright in any message entered shall remain with the person who entered the message and who granted the memorial web site the right to share that message content. | | 4. Any visitor or registered person may make a donation by PayPal to the memorial trust fund. Visitors names are not known and such donations are anonyomous in the public accounts. Registered people names are known and such donations are acknowledged in the public accounts. Every donation is exclusively used to prolong the life of the memorial web site - the memorial trust is not-for-profit. |
| 5. Photo Albums: | | 1. During the life of a person they may accumulate photographic albums, newpaper cuttings and achievement recognition. These treasured memories have a very high sentimental value to the owner, but may have a different value to later generations. |
| 6. Groups: | | 1. Some memorial web sites will have just two classes of privacy as (1) public or (2) private. More interesting memorial web sites may have many subclasses of private information to match the specific requirements of different GROUPS of people. | | 4. A registered person may author a named GROUP and contribute messages and web page content to that private GROUP. The author may invite other registered people to join that GROUP and share that groups private content. Registered people may apply to become members of any GROUP and the GROUP author will choose who to accept and who to reject. | | 5. Communication can take place between people within a GROUP and new information can be added for the exclusive use of that GROUP. A registered person may join any number of GROUPS and may contribute what they choose to any GROUP. No private GROUP information is shared between GROUPS. A registered person may leave a GROUP at any time, but need the permission of the GROUP author to join a GROUP. | | 6. A GROUP author may appoint any member of that GROUP as the new GROUP author and the proposed GROUP author may accept or reject the appointment. Only one GROUP author can exist at any point in time. A GROUP author may terminate their GROUP at any time. Private GROUP information may be elevated to become private information shared by all registered people when the GROUP is terminated. |
| 7. Non-Profit Trust Fund: | | 1. The accounts of the non-profit trust fund are open and transparent and can be viewed by any visitor. | | 2. Revenue is only earned from donations to the registered CIC PayPal account. The trust pays 1.4% plus 20 pence for every PayPal donation. The trust acts like a charity, but full charity status is much more demanding and not cost effective. | | 3. Costs are only paid to maintain the memorial web site. The domain name and encryption certificates are paid for with an annual direct debit agreement. The memorial web site is hosted in the public Internet cloud with an annual direct debit agreement. | | 4. For as long as funds are available to pay the direct debits, the memorial web site will continue to be shared with everybody in the world. The trustees are obliged to submit annual accounts to HRMC each year, however the vast majority of this work is fully automated. Anybody can apply to become a trustee as all the information needed to be a trustee is public, open and transparent on the memorial web site. | | 5. A legacy donation in a persons Will could sustain a memorial web site forever where annual costs are equal to the interest earned. Donations are invested in long-term (ten-year) renewable energy bonds that earn income from feed-in-tariffs and electricity sold to distributors. For example, fifty people donating twenty pounds with a 4% return will yield 40 pounds per year to cover basic web site operating costs forever. |
| Document Control: | | 1. Document Title: Memorial Web Site. | | 2. Reference: 162116. | | 3. Keywords: ITIL Memorial Web Site, Upload, Download, Pictures, Photographs. | | 4. Description: Memorial Web Site as a bespoke Application Service. | | 5. Privacy: Public education service as a benefit to humanity. | | 6. Issued: 29 Jan 2017. | | 7. Edition: 1.1. |
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