Kindly Note: Duration of the web-site's activity
This web-site was frozen in September 2007 — with possibilities for the future.
About PAHH
Meaning of the PAHH Acronym
PAHH stands for the Preservation
of American Hellenic History.
Who we are
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- This web-site is sponsored voluntarily by the Ascension Historical Society of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland, California, on behalf of all.
Non-profit endeavor:
- This is a non-profit, non-commercial, volunteer endeavor entirely.
- We hold the .org domain-name:
PAHH.org
- We use the .com domain-name instead, because we feel that it is easier to remember:
PAHH.com
- Both versions come to this web-site:
PAHH.org
PAHH.com
Tax deductible donations:
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Our original aims
- to maintain this website as an umbrella site, under which local
organizations may coordinate and publicize their activities with
the shared commitment to preserve American Hellenic history.
- to assist other communities to develop their own organizations with the same commitment.
- to encourage individuals to retain their family and community histories.
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Creation of this web-site
Decision for a web-site:
Launch of the web-site:
- The PAHH web-site was launched in March 2002.
- It was launched by sponsorship from the Ascension Historical Committee (as known then),
and the Ascension Historical Society (as known now) has remained the sponsor.
Web-site graphic / logo:
Inception
The graphic, at the head of each of these web-pages, was designed by Harry Ahlas of Berkeley, California, for the launch of the web-site. The graphic has stayed in place since then.Verbal Description
A description about the PAHH web-site graphic
explains the symbolism.
Welcome message:
Original
The original welcome message, 2002, remains relevant.Current
The current welcome message, 2005-2007, is a slight revision.
It reflects the subsequent development of the web-site.Signatures
The welcome message is signed by principals of the Ascension Historical Society, Oakland, California, and the Hellenic Cultural Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Subsequent development of the web-site
Growth:
- Since its launch, the web-site has grown within its original aims through:
- It has also grown beyond its original aims through:
- the compilation of research resources for history studies, including:
Web Stats:
- This web-site has received an average of about two thousand "original visits" each month since the launch — which is a modest estimate.
What are Original Visits?
Original Visits Explained:
- "Original visits" exclude any successive page hits by the same individual.
"Original visits" also exclude robots, such as the Google search engine robots and others, that come to us regularly.
If all of those were included, then the statistics would be many, many times greater.
- In this way, the "original visits" should indicate a number of individual people who visit us.
- Our calculation of about two thousand each month on average is a deliberately modest estimate.
The Freeze
The web-site was "frozen" in September 2007.
Meaning / Effects:
- Regular updates have stopped:
- some material does not require any updating, such as the memoirs and histories, each already fixed at its own publication date.
- other material may be updated at times again but with less frequency — such as the list of regional groups, the lists of resources for history studies, and some other lists.
- anything that needs frequent maintenance has been closed, particularly the Message Board's public postings.
- The material in this website will remain available for use here.
Why? — the reason:
- A web-master is needed, a new one to take on the project.
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Future, possibilities
Regional:
- Some of the regional groups may develop their own web-pages here.
Whenever this occurs, a date in a web-page should indicate it.
National:
Potential
The web-stats indicate the potential.
A national web-site of this sort is viable. Yes, it can be developed.How?
There are many possibilities:
Individuals in cooperation
Some individuals could cooperate by sharing the responsibility, so that (for example):
- Social Dynamics: someone who is keen on social dynamics could monitor a message board and/or the regional groups' activities …
- Publishing: someone else, who enjoys publishing, could brings more memoirs to light here online …
- Research: someone else, who knows about research methods, could handle or re-organize the history research resources …
- etc.
An individual alone
Imagine the possibilities for an individual with initiative:
- Existing Section: a person could take charge of a single section of this web-site, updating it or re-organizing it, just from personal interest;
- New Section: a person might even want to create a new section.
Whole creation anew
It is even possible to re-design the whole web-site:
- Re-style / re-organization: a new web-master could change the overall appearance.
- Re-vamp:
it is even possible to revamp the website almost entirely
— while retaining only the original memoirs by loyalty to those authors.
- Dynamic Interaction: a national blog or wiki, for example.
There really are many possibilities.Interested?
- Tell us.
- Yes, your message to PAHH will reach the sponsor, the Ascension Historical Society.
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Thank You
- Thank you for visiting.
- We hope your visit will be pleasant.
