At the board meeting on March 10th I shared some website information with the members present.  They asked that I share the same information with you. 

The first thing that I'd say is that as a result of the information.....it appears as though our site is getting a lot of "traffic".  That makes me feel GOOD !  The "local" traffic is the major reason for the existence of the site and it appears to be working.  However, I was very surprized to see the MANY "non-member" visits that have occured.  The following "stats" are from the 1st eight days in March:

(1) The average number of visits per day is 102

(2) The average time per visit is 5 minutes

(3) The average visitor views 3 pages

(4) 59 out of the 800+ visits were as a result of a "google" search.  This tells me that many of the visits are new/non-member visitors. 

(5) The most looked at page(other than the home page) is the Calendar of Events Page(s)

(6) During the 1st 8 days we had 10 visits from Sweden, 7 from Switzerland, 5 from the UK, 4 from the Netherlands, 3 from Germany, 1 from Russia, and 1 from France.   I guess we're internationally famous !!!!

These are just a few of the many "stats" available to me.  The website seems to be a successful means of getting the information to the members.....+ !  If you have not as yet searched the many "toolbars" I encourage you to do so.

Thank you,

Greg ,

There seems to be "discussion" virtually every year over the topic of who can and cannot curl in the year end "local" bonspiels.....and at what cost? In an attempt to clarify and/or simplify the "policy" the following motion was passed at the March 10, 2009 board meeting. Please understand that everyone on the board encourages all present/past/and "future" members to curl in our year end events. This policy is to "clarify"...it is not intended to discourage participation.

The policy: "In order to particapate in the year end bonspiels of the RLCC one must (1) be a dues paying member in good standing for the current season or (2) have 'substitute' curled and paid existing sub fees a minimum of 5 times during the season or (3) paid the existing Associate Member Dues (which is presently $30)."