Director's Report for 12-12-00

Executive Directors Report for December 12, 2000

Applied for fee waiver:

New Not-for-Profit Members:

Hoosier Corners Square Dance Club, Inc.

New Basic Members:

New Expanded Members:

New Sponsoring Members:

GOLD Members:

PLATINUM Members:

Services Invoiced:

Advertising/Marketing

A Tuesday "E-Section" classified listing was purchased. One year for $4.00/week.
Bus Bench completed. It will sit at the corner of South 5th and B - across from 5th Street Bagels & near Old Richmond Inn.
Running 30 second ads on WFMG through January. See Jane if you'd like to hear the ads.
1/4 page ad will appear on the back of the Harrington Bank Community Booklet (alongside Reid Hospital ad).

Achievements for November/December

Attended focus group at Main Street Richmond-Wayne County.
Created a page of gift ideas for items produced in Wayne County.
Downloaded and prepared to update WebTrends, our logging software.
Downloaded a new version of PhotoExplorer - image management software.
Set up Tripplite UPS.
Discussed personnel benefits with Carol Smyth and Theresa Lindsey, HR Coordinator at MRL.
Talked or emailed potential members: Texas Roadhouse, Target, REMC.
Met with Deb Butterfield of the Chamber.
Met with Charlie Ball of Wayne County Foundation.
Taught Richmond Art Museum how to post to the Community Calendar/Talk of the Town.
Prepared the 2001 Yearly budget and Advertising Budget allowance proposal.
Website Maintenance:
- Worked with Infocom for over a week to migrate to new server - still in process.
- Added many calendar items

On-Going Projects for the coming month

Terms of Service policy - needs to be updated and approved.
Continue to look at alternative funding sources.
Prepare letter for distribution to restaurants and motels touting benefits of our Commerce package.
Prepare a "Newcomers Page" and/or Community Resources page that will quickly identify helpful organizations.

Log Analysis for November.
Ran weekly and posted on the Members Only page. Monthly user sessions decreased 4% in November 2000, after an 18% increase in October. Page views decreased by 3% also. This is less than the 7% decrease we saw from Oct. 99 to Nov. 99. November and December we typically experience a slight downturn as people become busy with preparations for the holidays. The "user" is our more important number. The user sessions increased by 98% and the page views by 105% over November of 1999.

3rd Quarter 2000 - Quarterly figures for user sessions rose 11% from 2nd Quarter '00 levels. This is the first time we have experienced a rise during the 3rd quarter - typically a time for outdoor activities. 3rd Quarter '00 usage increased 111% over 3rd Quarter '99.

1999 Yearly Figures show an outstanding 100,426 users requesting 310,586 pages. It's difficult to do a true comparison as we did not purchase the logging software until mid-February '99, but a rough estimate is that we nearly tripled our visitors/hits from the previous year.

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