Recognition for our Webmaster!

Pepper · 01-25-2006, 09:21 AM

Well, it was only a matter of time before this wonderful website received the recognition it so well deserves: http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...063/-1/CITIZEN

Who knew all that dancing and posting would result in media attention! Great article - even better when you know all the "charactors", er,

uh, "characters".

ghfromaltonbay · 01-25-2006, 09:50 AM

Just got done reading this morning's article in the Citizen. I think this was great publicity for the website and like Pepper I got a kick out of reading about some of my fellow forum members. Maybe now more of the locals will tap into this resource as well. Who better to answer questions on the area than those that are right there such as DRH and Pepper to just name 2. Keep up the great work, Don!

DRH · 01-25-2006, 10:08 AM

Congratulations, Don! It's good to see you receive public recognition for the great job you do, which your winnipesaukee.com friends "recognize" every day.

Rattlesnake Gal · 01-25-2006, 10:28 AM

Congratulations Don!

Many thanks to Citizen Staff writer Geoff Cunningham Jr. for the great article.

Pepper · 01-25-2006, 11:22 AM

Just discovered that the article has been picked up by MSNBC and is listed as a top article for news of the region!

phoenix · 01-25-2006, 11:38 AM

so now we have two famous Medfield residents Don and Curt

BroadHopper · 01-25-2006, 12:31 PM

webmaster · 01-25-2006, 12:40 PM

It was a very nice article and I thank Geoff and the Citizen for all the extra traffic today.

Geoff contacted me yesterday and we had a long conversation about the site and forum. It was interesting to learn more about the Citizen and I probably told him more about winnipesaukee.com than he would want to know for 3 articles.

There were a few minor things I wanted to correct. The daily site visitors is around 3000 this time of year, not "tens of thousands". I mentioned to Geoff that we have had 10,000 to 20,000 visitors a day during peak times like Ice-Out week but the normal daily traffic is not that high.

The article also said that some members in the speed limit discussions were blocked because of "profanity". Although I had some concerns with the speed limits debates, profanity was never a problem (thank you!).

I also have to thank Geoff for including the URLs to this site and Island Girl's. I told him that many past newspaper articles mentioned the forum but didn't say where to find it. It's good to see the URLs in his article.

One last mistake was my age. It was printed backwards. I'm actually 25

.

Don

webmaster · 01-25-2006, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Curt who????

Curt Schilling, Red Sox pitcher, bought Drew Bledsoe's house/estate in Medfield for a super-bargain price after Drew was traded from the Patriots to Buffalo.

Don

trfour · 01-25-2006, 01:05 PM

.... for his dedication, brilliance, guidance and helmsmanship of this very wonderful and world class website!!!!
We are all very proud of you.

Love,
T

trfour · 01-25-2006, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepper

Just discovered that the article has been picked up by MSNBC and is listed as a top article for news of the region!

.... thank Pepper for posting the Citizen article as I am in Texas on buisness and would have missed it. I called a friend in Gilford and he said that he would pick me up some copies.

Thanks again Pepper.
Love,
T

upthesaukee · 01-25-2006, 04:45 PM

It's nice to see a link to the website from a Citizen article, because so many posters have linked comments to a Citizen article. I'm sure the Citizen, without knowing it, gets a lot of hits from people reading articles on this site. And I echo the comments above for the recognition of our Webmaster, who has had this website for 10 years, quite a feat for a 15 year old with a vision

. congrats, don

trfour · 01-25-2006, 05:45 PM

.... for those whom choose not to sign on to the Citizen Online, heres another link to the article.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11019694/

Love,
T.

Hermit Cover · 01-25-2006, 05:51 PM

Thank You, Don. We all know how great this site is and it just keeps getting better.

Now the world will know about our lake......there will be millions of visitors daily (to the website). All this talk about lack of ice has a downside, though.

Boating in February and March....gives new meaning to the word "Brrrrrrr" and the poor lobsters will have to get "busy" over there on the coast. Pepper will have to open real early in the 2006 season and the throngs will be lined up for lobster rolls.

On the other hand the islanders will be able to open their camps early and Mrs. Hermit Cover and I will be able to begin construction of the dream house sooner.

Thanks again, Don for all you do....we all are very proud of you and our fantastic website.

DRH · 01-25-2006, 07:55 PM

For those of you who have only seen the online version of this article, in the print version of today's "The Citizen" it's the front page feature story!

hazelnut · 01-25-2006, 09:03 PM

Good point upthesaukee. I for one hit the Citizen site more often due to links from this site. They get great publicity from you Don it is nice to see them return the favor. Bravo!

Then I thought..... Traffic.... Just whet we need more traffic (Website traffic that is)

Lin · 01-25-2006, 09:22 PM

Great article Don, thanks for making this site possible.

Mee-n-Mac · 01-25-2006, 09:52 PM

Good to see Don and Winni.com getting some deserved recognition. Geesh, if the Citizen thought Ice-in was the "hot" topic, I wonder what they would have to say about the nude sunbathing thread.

Quilt Lady · 01-25-2006, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

Geesh, if the Citizen thought Ice-in was the "hot" topic, I wonder what they would have to say about the nude sunbathing thread.

Shhh!!! We don't want the world to find out, via The Citizen, about the Nude Beach!!!

Congratulations to our fearless leader, Don Z. , for getting the recognition he deserves for creating this fascinating and fun place to gather! You've brought together some of the best people in the area!

Three cheers for Don!

IslandSib · 01-26-2006, 06:55 AM

One more time!!
Thanks Don!
I look forward to a forum fix daily

Always something to chat about and someone to chat with...
Great place to hang around and great people to hang around with

SIKSUKR · 01-26-2006, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webmaster

One last mistake was my age. It was printed backwards. I'm actually 25

.

Don

Using Don's dyslexic logic,that makes me 74.Ouch!

Grant · 01-26-2006, 10:12 AM

Cool article...and the topic was the main reason I toggled over here this morning. Still planning to do the derby weekend, although I don't know where/if we'll get on the ice.

Waiting for that dive season to commence...

Pepper · 01-26-2006, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Using Don's dyslexic logic,that makes me 74.Ouch!

Yes, Darling but I'm only 24!

Or, if you calculate age by my sister's "New Math" method, I'm "Thirty Twelve"

BroadHopper · 01-26-2006, 11:33 AM

Congratulation Don for having the best web site in the Universe. We are so lucky!

As for the new science of determing age, unfortunately, I can't invert my numbers, so I can safely say that I am 25 with 30 years of experience.

And thank you Don for not letting the world know about our 'Hedonistic' lifestyle! (AKA Nude boating).

Skol!

ghfromaltonbay · 01-26-2006, 11:55 AM

I see that the story about ice-in and the winni website have now been published in the Union Leader. Can WMUR TV be far behind? Maybe NH Chronicles will do a story?

Merrymeeting · 01-26-2006, 01:41 PM

That's ok. Don's math will catch up with him soon enough. Next birthday he'll age really fast.

But then again, what would I know. I'm only 5! In a few weeks I'll be 15. Then I'll be REALLY annoying!

robjnh · 01-26-2006, 02:38 PM

http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?...1-38703363bd8d

hockeypuck · 01-26-2006, 03:26 PM

Congratulations Don. You will never know how many viewers you have reached. This is a great service, not only for those lucky enough to live in "God's Country" but also those of us that cannot be there as much as we would like. The site provides a great deal of information and enjoyable messages, and photos, Thanks again.
Hockeypuck.

Woodsy · 01-26-2006, 04:08 PM

Congrats on all the publicity.... It truly is a great website! I can't imagine the number of times my IP addy must pop up!

Keep up the good work!

Woodsy

Waterbaby · 01-26-2006, 07:52 PM

No, I'm not talking about steak, lol! Many many kudos to Don, and also to my fellow posters here! If it weren't for Don, I wouldn't have met so many more great "Lakers" than I already had (in person)!

Here's to you, Don, and to all of the posters here!

01-25-2006, 09:21 AM	#1
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Recognition for our Webmaster! Well, it was only a matter of time before this wonderful website received the recognition it so well deserves: http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...063/-1/CITIZEN Who knew all that dancing and posting would result in media attention! Great article - even better when you know all the "charactors", er, uh, "characters". __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

01-25-2006, 09:50 AM	#2
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 827 Thanks: 255 Thanked 225 Times in 131 Posts	Hurray for Don and all of the forum members Just got done reading this morning's article in the Citizen. I think this was great publicity for the website and like Pepper I got a kick out of reading about some of my fellow forum members. Maybe now more of the locals will tap into this resource as well. Who better to answer questions on the area than those that are right there such as DRH and Pepper to just name 2. Keep up the great work, Don!

01-25-2006, 10:08 AM	#3
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith, NH Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,201 Thanked 675 Times in 178 Posts	Congratulations, Don! It's good to see you receive public recognition for the great job you do, which your winnipesaukee.com friends "recognize" every day. __________________ DRH

01-25-2006, 10:28 AM	#4
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Very Exciting! Congratulations Don! Many thanks to Citizen Staff writer Geoff Cunningham Jr. for the great article.

01-25-2006, 11:22 AM	#5
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Even better!!! Just discovered that the article has been picked up by MSNBC and is listed as a top article for news of the region! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

01-25-2006, 11:38 AM	#6
phoenix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: phoenix and moultonboro Posts: 1,551 Thanks: 60 Thanked 275 Times in 193 Posts	so now we have two famous Medfield residents Don and Curt __________________ it's tough to make predictions specially about the future

01-25-2006, 12:31 PM	#7
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,572 Thanks: 3,209 Thanked 1,101 Times in 793 Posts	Curt who???? __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

01-25-2006, 12:40 PM	#8
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,453 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 456 Thanked 3,819 Times in 839 Posts	It was a very nice article and I thank Geoff and the Citizen for all the extra traffic today. Geoff contacted me yesterday and we had a long conversation about the site and forum. It was interesting to learn more about the Citizen and I probably told him more about winnipesaukee.com than he would want to know for 3 articles. There were a few minor things I wanted to correct. The daily site visitors is around 3000 this time of year, not "tens of thousands". I mentioned to Geoff that we have had 10,000 to 20,000 visitors a day during peak times like Ice-Out week but the normal daily traffic is not that high. The article also said that some members in the speed limit discussions were blocked because of "profanity". Although I had some concerns with the speed limits debates, profanity was never a problem (thank you!). I also have to thank Geoff for including the URLs to this site and Island Girl's. I told him that many past newspaper articles mentioned the forum but didn't say where to find it. It's good to see the URLs in his article. One last mistake was my age. It was printed backwards. I'm actually 25 . Don

01-25-2006, 01:05 PM	#10
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	Accolades and Kudos to Don *.... for his dedication, brilliance, guidance and helmsmanship of this very wonderful and world class website!!!!* *We are all very proud of you.* *Love,* T __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html

01-25-2006, 04:45 PM	#12
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,597 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,455 Thanked 1,979 Times in 1,080 Posts	It's nice to see a link to the website from a Citizen article, because so many posters have linked comments to a Citizen article. I'm sure the Citizen, without knowing it, gets a lot of hits from people reading articles on this site. And I echo the comments above for the recognition of our Webmaster, who has had this website for 10 years, quite a feat for a 15 year old with a vision . congrats, don __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

01-25-2006, 05:45 PM	#13
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	MSNBC link *.... for those whom choose not to sign on to the Citizen Online, heres another link to the article.* *http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11019694/* *Love,* T. __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html Last edited by trfour; 01-26-2006 at 10:19 AM.

01-25-2006, 05:51 PM	#14
Hermit Cover Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hermit Cove Posts: 354 Thanks: 20 Thanked 68 Times in 40 Posts	Thanks, Pepper and .... Thank You, Don. We all know how great this site is and it just keeps getting better. Now the world will know about our lake......there will be millions of visitors daily (to the website). All this talk about lack of ice has a downside, though. Boating in February and March....gives new meaning to the word "Brrrrrrr" and the poor lobsters will have to get "busy" over there on the coast. Pepper will have to open real early in the 2006 season and the throngs will be lined up for lobster rolls. On the other hand the islanders will be able to open their camps early and Mrs. Hermit Cover and I will be able to begin construction of the dream house sooner. Thanks again, Don for all you do....we all are very proud of you and our fantastic website.

01-25-2006, 07:55 PM	#15
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith, NH Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,201 Thanked 675 Times in 178 Posts	Feature Story For those of you who have only seen the online version of this article, in the print version of today's "The Citizen" it's the front page feature story! __________________ DRH

01-25-2006, 09:03 PM	#16
hazelnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,348 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 508 Thanked 462 Times in 162 Posts	Good Point Good point upthesaukee. I for one hit the Citizen site more often due to links from this site. They get great publicity from you Don it is nice to see them return the favor. Bravo! Then I thought..... Traffic.... Just whet we need more traffic (Website traffic that is)

01-25-2006, 09:22 PM	#17
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Great article Don, thanks for making this site possible. __________________ Lin

01-25-2006, 09:52 PM	#18
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Ice-in is hot Good to see Don and Winni.com getting some deserved recognition. Geesh, if the Citizen thought Ice-in was the "hot" topic, I wonder what they would have to say about the nude sunbathing thread. __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

01-26-2006, 06:55 AM	#20
IslandSib Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Big Thank You One more time!! Thanks Don! I look forward to a forum fix daily Always something to chat about and someone to chat with... Great place to hang around and great people to hang around with __________________ IslandSib

01-26-2006, 10:12 AM	#22
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 375 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	Cool article...and the topic was the main reason I toggled over here this morning. Still planning to do the derby weekend, although I don't know where/if we'll get on the ice. Waiting for that dive season to commence... __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

01-26-2006, 11:33 AM	#24
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,572 Thanks: 3,209 Thanked 1,101 Times in 793 Posts	The new math Congratulation Don for having the best web site in the Universe. We are so lucky! As for the new science of determing age, unfortunately, I can't invert my numbers, so I can safely say that I am 25 with 30 years of experience. And thank you Don for not letting the world know about our 'Hedonistic' lifestyle! (AKA Nude boating). Skol! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

01-26-2006, 11:55 AM	#25
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 827 Thanks: 255 Thanked 225 Times in 131 Posts	More publicity! I see that the story about ice-in and the winni website have now been published in the Union Leader. Can WMUR TV be far behind? Maybe NH Chronicles will do a story?

01-26-2006, 01:41 PM	#26
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	That's ok. Don's math will catch up with him soon enough. Next birthday he'll age really fast. But then again, what would I know. I'm only 5! In a few weeks I'll be 15. Then I'll be REALLY annoying!

01-26-2006, 02:38 PM	#27
robjnh Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Meredith and Nashua, NH Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Different Article? http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?...1-38703363bd8d

01-26-2006, 03:26 PM	#28
hockeypuck Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern CT Posts: 169 Thanks: 19 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Congratulations Don. You will never know how many viewers you have reached. This is a great service, not only for those lucky enough to live in "God's Country" but also those of us that cannot be there as much as we would like. The site provides a great deal of information and enjoyable messages, and photos, Thanks again. Hockeypuck.

01-26-2006, 04:08 PM	#29
Woodsy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weirs Beach Posts: 1,965 Thanks: 80 Thanked 980 Times in 440 Posts	Congrats on all the publicity.... It truly is a great website! I can't imagine the number of times my IP addy must pop up! Keep up the good work! Woodsy

01-26-2006, 07:52 PM	#30
Waterbaby Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kensington, NH and Paugus Bay Marina Posts: 656 Thanks: 323 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Well Done! No, I'm not talking about steak, lol! Many many kudos to Don, and also to my fellow posters here! If it weren't for Don, I wouldn't have met so many more great "Lakers" than I already had (in person)! Here's to you, Don, and to all of the posters here!