Re: The World is watching

[Jill Bonino <aistreas@earthlink.net>]

Great progress.  Keep those stats coming...I think an article about this should be in the next Bulletin!  Jill


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>From: Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 2, 2011 2:36 PM
>To: AISdiscuss <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
>Subject: [AISdiscuss] The World is watching
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>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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