Re: The World is watching


Bob,

I just want to salute you and all the volunteers for what you've done. 
This is a Huge mission which will put iris at the fingertips of everyone 
now and into the future. It's absolutely phenomenal!

Hugh Stout

On 1/2/2011 4:36 PM, Robert Pries wrote:
> 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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