Director's Report for 08 July 2010

Executive Director's Report for July 8, 2010

Membership Changes/Additional Fees:

(+ 125) Sold usage of 5 images to Wayne County Foundation.
(- 300) Removed Blind Ambition Gallery
(+ 60) Added Agee Design
(- 0) Removed Neighborhood Services Clearinghouse
Total Change: ( - 115 )

Advertising/Marketing/Community Relations

Wayne County Connections TV Show (Mentioned as "Producer"/Page)
Twittering - we now have 213 followers. Have sent 488 tweets.
Facebook - auto-posts our Twitter feed, 71 people "like" our Facebook page
Serve on Technology Committee for Morrisson-Reeves Library
Banner displayed at entrance to the Wayne County Fairgrounds during the 4-H Fair

Issues & Projects for May/June/July

Created online video for how to use the Community Calendar.
Communicated with GoWayneCounty regarding copyright and photography issues.
Added/Removed members as required.
Planning/communication for Wayne County Connections
Research and set up new Google Analytics settings in prep for additional sharing. Some are working...
Trade for time needed to fix new ecard program. FIXED!
Update images/tags in Flickr for ecard program.
Debug Rotating Members Script.
Used 33.5 hours of benefit (vacation/floating holiday) time.
Admin -
- July is a large invoice month.
- Created online member checklist to track details when adding or removing members.
- Continue work on an "Operations Manual" to facilitate knowledge transfer
Website Maintenance:
- Updated Social Services
- Update logos, links, as requested.
- Photos - Wayne County Bicentennial Quilt, Murals
- Review and update page links & calendar events, as necessary. Take photos.
- Research dates & info for fireworks, request media pass for UKC show.

My To-Do List:

Prep for upcoming vacation absence.
Set up Internship/Volunteer Program
Review Communication Options for Members/Share benefits.
Schedule guests for County Connections.
Continue Blueprint & Usability testing in preparation for site redevelopment.
Make calls on members/potential members
Continue to review & update members email addresses - send "Member's Only" info.
Continue to review & update web pages.
Create volunteer program for calendar entries, content creation, news releases, etc.

Log Analysis (as of June 30, 2010)
These figures were created by the AWStats program offered online by our web host. We also track usage with Google Analytics.

Monthly figures are posted on the Top Twenty page. Current average is 60,376 user sessions per month. Web page views are averaging 274,534. Users sessions decreased 9% in April after a slight 2% increase in March. Page views also decreased 7% after an 11% increase in March. This slight downward trend can be attributed to the beautiful spring weather we enjoyed in April.

1st Quarter 2010 - Quarterly figures for user sessions increased 14% from 4th Quarter. Page views increased by 10% in the first quarter following a slight 4% decrease in the 4th Quarter of 2009.

2009 Yearly Figures show a 7% decrease to 723,298 users requesting 2,781,969 pages as compared to 780,140 users requesting 1,960,314 pages in 2008. This is a 7% decrease in users and a 42% increase in page views over 2008.

2008 = 780,140 2009 = 723,298

2008 = 1,960,314 2009 = 2,781,969

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