BobG76
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Re:ShamrockReunions.com is a VERY Good Thing - 2009/03/29 19:23
laurie1 wrote:
I was surfing the Discussion Forums and found this one.
Bob, I've been wondering when you first got the idea for this site. I know the reasons but would like to know more! I'm sure you discussed it with others beforehand. Would you fill us in a little on the history? Thanks!
Mary Andrews Elliott (Class of `77) has been a web site client for years. During a phone conversation around the end of 2006, one of us brought up the topic of the last multi-class reunion, which had been held almost five years earlier (I didn't go). She will remember the details better than I, but she probably whined and complained until I agreed to help her contact everybody for the 2007 event.
We sent out an initial email to the list that she had from the 2002 reunion. I set up the first site, a simple little thing, just to collect responses and provide a way to publish info about the reunion.
About half of the email addresses were bad, but the people who were contacted began to forward the site address around. Because registrations at the first site took off so fast, we realized that we could not only provide info about the 2007 reunion but there also might be value in establishing a permanent online home for SHS alumni.
This version of the site launched and announced on July 23, 2007. The first person to register was Steve Burns, Class of 71. Today, we have 1,280 members... three new folks joined just today... 51 during the month of March! As you can see, the site continues to grow at a fairly rapid pace.
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