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Usable, attractive
directory of
cooperative
organizations
Functional and
visually attractive
directory site was
made fully public in
March '05.
Objective 3: Develop
solutions that will
address cooperatives'
needs
Appropriate
solutions
developed.
Usable, attractive
system of
announcements
Announcements
system still in
development
increase in the
number of listings
50 new listings
27 new listings [as
of March 2005]
Directory Sub-
objective 1: provide
widespread, accurate
listings of
cooperative
organizations
user-editing of
listings
50 updated listings
21 deletions and 43
modifications [as of
March 2005]
Recognition of
directory among
cooperative
organizations
50% recognition
rate among
surveyed
organizations
TBD [beyond scope
of current project]
Directory Sub-
objective 2: increase
awareness among
cooperative
organizations of the
directory
Use of directory
50 searches of
directory per week
Estimated for the
general public to be
150 keyword
searches per week,
plus viewing of
geographical search
results by an
additional 400
search engine users.
Directory Sub-
objective 3: ensure
the sustainability and
continued usefulness
of the directory
Project participants
rate probability of
continuation of
directory highly
Project participants
point to necessary
resources and
organizational
commitment in
place
Continued web
hosting and staff
moderation of
directory is in place.
Directory entries are
self-maintaining.
Announcements are
posted
10 announcements
a week
TBD [beyond scope
of current project]
Announcements Sub-
objective 4: facilitate
transactions among
organizations listed
in the directory
Transactions are
made or meetings
occur
80% success rate of
posting an
announcement
TBD [beyond scope
of current project]