Report of the MCAA MasonrySystems.org Committee

Words: Imani Brodie

Progress Report

  • Website Statistics
    • Monthly Hits Since Mid-Year Meeting:
    • October 2013 = 371,283
    • November 2013 = 371,387
    • December 2013 = 333,217
    • One year estimate = 4,000,000
  • Geographic Location of Site Hits:
    • All 50 states and more than 100 countries
  • What is next for the website?
    • Questionnaire sent in December 2013 to help answer this question

Goals for 2014

As a committee, we have goals set for 2014:
  • Continue to pursue new material to post to site
  • Continue to promote the site with dollars raised for the site
  • Sell advertising to the site
  • Add an emerging technologies section (BIM, environmental net zero buildings, etc.)
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