My name is Jack Biggs and I've been running the RK website for a while, maybe 2 or 3 years. This website has been a way to check out the River Kids goings-on without having to be subscribed to the RK mailing list. But Ben and I agreed that it could be way more than that. Looking at Google Analytics, our site has about an 80% bounce rate, because the site isn't as attractive as we'd like, and the only information that appears on the page is about us, and we assume that the average visitor actually knows who we are.
Ben and I have started thinking about a new web site: something that pops a bit more, something that includes our usual pictures and videos, and something that can attract users and not scare them away by bombarding them with unnecessary information. Mind you, we'll still keep this blog open in an "updates" tab, so you won't be amiss there. But hopefully, if all goes well, we should be seeing a new home page rolled out soon.
It's really cool to see how far River Kids has come. This organization started off in the 2003-2004 school year with a bunch of 4th graders, and, me being one of them, I don't think we ever thought that this idea would take off as much as it has. It's been a pleasure working with you all, and I want to say that this never could have worked out the way it did if it wasn't for the energy that all of you past and present River Kids contributed! Give yourselves a pat on the back!
See you all next meeting,
Jack
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