We meet at Weck's Restaurant, just South of the Montgomery/Louisiana intersection. The meeting begins promptly at Noon every Friday so arrive early to order lunch and get a good seat. Yes, we invite all to attend ... but to be most accomodating to you, take a moment to contact us prior top your visit.

You can email one of our Club Officers via our Club website,  www.geocities.com/coronadotm. Or, feel free to call our Club Secretary Norm Hogue at (505) 821-9395.

Thanks for your interest. We look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,

John Kirk, Club Website Administrator

The July 2007 schedule is now online.

Don't forget... the Installation of New Club Officers Dinner and the Pool Party are scheduled for July 6th at Mary Ford's place.  For more information, use the email links on the homepage or the phone numbers on the back of your monthly schedules (hard-copy) to contact Mary or your Club Officers.

Have a Great Fourth of July!!

John Kirk, Website Administrator

So, to inform our members and visitors of the Toastmasters impact, I have included an ARTICLES Page on our Club website. Check it out on our homepage!

www.geocities.com/coronadotm

The Coronado Toastmasters Club website has been updated with the June Program Schedule. If you have questions about your assignment, please contact the scheduled Toastmaster of the Day or the Club President.

If you have questions about the Blog or the website, please contact me at: jkirk7@aol.com.

Thanks!

Due to Memorial Day commitments, I will not be at this Friday's meeting. If you have questions, please email me at  jkirk7@aol.com.

Today an RSS Feed was added to the Club website. This tool automatically informs subscribers of changes to the website. For example, when a new monthly schedule is uploaded onto the site you would receive notice of it.

I hope this tool proves useful to you. Any suggestions to improve the quality and usefulness of the website are welcome.

See the RSS Feed icon near the top of the website's home page at  www.geocities.com/coronadotm.

Thanks.

John Kirk, Coronado Webmaster

For the past year, I have striven to learn more about HTML, search engines and related topics to improve our Club web site's standings in search engine results. The purpose was to help increase visitor traffic to our web site and ultimately, to help maintain and grow our membership.

Since, statistics show the majority of web surfers select one of their first 5 results, my goal was then, and now remains, to keep our Club website listed among those first 5. Web page size, keyword and subject relevance, powerful keywords, mulitple directory listings, reciprocating links, and regular maintenance were all important steps to achieve better rankings.

Today, I am happy to report we are consistently lsted in the Top 5 results on Google, Yahoo!, Ask, AltaVista and MSN when search terms like "albuquerque toastmasters" or "toastmasters clubs albuquerque" are used. Of course, the work continues and your feedback is always welcome.

In one more change to maintain our web prominence, today I removed the link for the District 23 Events Calendar for 2 reasons. You can see it at:  www.geocities.com/coronadotm.

First, our Club website's visitor traffic data indicates few visitors used the link. Further, the calendar is easily found on the District 23 website. The District 23 website link will remain on our Club website.

Second, by removing non-reciprocal links from our web pages increases the probability of better search engine rankings. In short, it can drive more visitor traffic to our Coronado Club web site.

I hope I have answered your questions which may have arisen due to this myriad of recent changes. Again, please contact me if you have suggestions or questions at our next meeting or by email:  jkirk7@aol.com.

Have a great day!

John Kirk, Webmaster

The next month's schedule should be posted within a few days. Although I cannot attend this week's meeting, I look forward to seeing the Coronado Club members and guests at our first May meeting on the 4th.

John Kirk, Website Admininstrator

Dilip Bayasekara, DTM

Toastmasters International President

Just go to the Toastmasters International website, www.toastmasters.org, and click the FIND A CLUB link. Once activated, this FIND A CLUB function allows you to sort clubs nearby by meeting days and times.

During my stay in South Carolina, I found 2 clubs within 3 miles of my hotel... and both had a website with contact information and directions. So, I contacted them and went to a meeting. What an exciting thing it was to visit with Southern folks with whom you share a common interest!

So, the next time you travel, remember that the comraderie and interaction you've found in your hometown Toastmasters Club is never too far from your door... even when you're away from home.

John Kirk