Australian Spatial Information Business Association

I run an association. While I am very technology literate, building web sites is not my core business. But I did recognise some time ago that using the internet was good for my association. There was obvious potential to reach a wider audience and at the same time improve the service delivery to members because a significant part of that service delivery involved the delivery of information.

So I worked out what I wanted to do and looked around for someone who could build me one of those. After some searching, I found the guys at Creatop.

They introduced me to the concept of web sites based on databases that I could update myself from my office using nothing more complicated than the web browser and a word processor. That was still very new at the time but these guys obviously knew what they were doing. All I had to do was tell them what I wanted to do and they did the rest - after a few heart attacks, because I was pushing the boundaries a bit. The end result is that I can concentrate on the content - which is my core business.

Since then I have learnt quite a bit about this web stuff. And all that has enabled me to do is push the boundaries even further. But the guys at Creatop keep meeting the challenges.

The thing I like about them is that they realise that this is my web site and not theirs. I know what I want, and they work with me to deliver it rather than tell me what I should have. And, to me, that is the secret of using the internet - work out precisely what you want to do first because almost anything is possible these days. Then talk to someone who can build it for you.

The guys at Creatop know how to respond to those sorts of challenges and they always deliver for me.

Jack de Lange
Executive Officer, Australian Spatial Information Business Association