A New Community And It's Yours
Coinciding
with this issue, we’re happy to announce Stormwater
magazine’s new Web site at www.stormh2o.com.
You
might have visited our site before, especially if you’ve searched for articles
from our past issues. We have always made the content of the magazine available
online, and you’ll still be able to find current and past articles there. On the
newly upgraded and remodeled site, you can use the new advanced search function
to find content much more easily than before. You’ll also find Web-only feature
articles, additional project profiles, industry blogs, live discussions, the
latest industry news and information, a calendar of upcoming stormwater-related
events, news feeds, newsletters, and more.
We
want this to be a two-way (or several-thousand-way) communication. You can talk
back to us and talk to each other: ask questions, comment on articles, post
calendar items, contribute articles, or even write your own stormwater-related
blog if you’re so inclined. You’ll also find regularly updated polls on a
variety of topics; it takes just a few seconds to vote and then see the results
to date—a glimpse into which way others are leaning on the
subject.
What
we’re hoping to do here is create an interactive forum where stormwater
professionals can talk to each other in real time. We started this process in
2000 with the magazine itself, and continued it in 2002 with the launch of
StormCon (which last year brought together more than 2,300 people in Phoenix).
Nearly
27,000 people subscribe to the print magazine, and with the pass-along
rate—people routing it around their offices or flagging an article for a
colleague—each issue has about 60,000 readers. A printed magazine, though, isn’t
necessarily the best vehicle for a casual or fast-moving conversation. The Web
is, and that’s why we’re taking this next step.
We
feel privileged to be part of this active and vocal and still-growing community.
Please take a look at the site and see what’s there (and who’s there). Let us
know what you like and what you’d like to see more of.
See
you
online!
Author's Bio: Janice Kaspersen is the editor of Stormwater magazine.
July-August 2008
A New Community And It's Yours
Coinciding
with this issue, we’re happy to announce Stormwater
magazine’s new Web site at www.stormh2o.com.
You
might have visited our site before, especially if you’ve searched for articles
from our past issues. We have always made the content of the magazine available
online, and you’ll still be able to find current and past articles there. On the
newly upgraded and remodeled site, you can use the new advanced search function
to find content much more easily than before. You’ll also find Web-only feature
articles, additional project profiles, industry blogs, live discussions, the
latest industry news and information, a calendar of upcoming stormwater-related
events, news feeds, newsletters, and more.
We
want this to be a two-way (or several-thousand-way) communication. You can talk
back to us and talk to each other: ask questions, comment on articles, post
calendar items, contribute articles, or even write your own stormwater-related
blog if you’re so inclined. You’ll also find regularly updated polls on a
variety of topics; it takes just a few seconds to vote and then see the results
to date—a glimpse into which way others are leaning on the
subject.
What
we’re hoping to do here is create an interactive forum where stormwater
professionals can talk to each other in real time. We started this process in
2000 with the magazine itself, and continued it in 2002 with the launch of
StormCon (which last year brought together more than 2,300 people in Phoenix).
Nearly
27,000 people subscribe to the print magazine, and with the pass-along
rate—people routing it around their offices or flagging an article for a
colleague—each issue has about 60,000 readers. A printed magazine, though, isn’t
necessarily the best vehicle for a casual or fast-moving conversation. The Web
is, and that’s why we’re taking this next step.
We
feel privileged to be part of this active and vocal and still-growing community.
Please take a look at the site and see what’s there (and who’s there). Let us
know what you like and what you’d like to see more of.
See
you
online!