Re: The World is watching

[Paul W Gossett <pwgossett@juno.com>]

Bob,

This is excellent news.

Paul





On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:36:06 -0500 (EST) Robert Pries 
<robertpries@embarqmail.com> writes:
> The world is watching. I was pleased and surprised to discover that 
> for the
> month of December the Iris Encyclopedia had an incredible 197,000 + 
> pages
> viewed. This is at the slowest time of the year for garden sites. 
> This is also
> ahead of the projections I had made and may indicate that if normal 
> trends
> persist we could easily see over a million page views this coming 
> May. What
> does this mean for AIS? First it should be helpful to those 
> hybridizers that
> get pictures of their introductions up on the Encyclopedia. If any 
> need
> assistance I am sure myself or one of the wiki contributors can help 
> them.
> Second it could mean added members, if the electronic membership is 
> in place
> by the end of April. Whatever, it is very exciting to know that more 
> and more
> people are becoming aware of the Iris Society. I hope we can get a 
> great deal
> more in place on the Encyclopedia this winter, so when this spring 
> rush occurs
> people will be impressed by the American Iris Society. But take note 
> the world
> is already watching.
> 
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