This web-site was frozen in September 2007 — with possibilities for the future as we are looking for new people to manage the site.
Who we are
Sponsor:
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.
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.
The decision was made finally within the Valley Cultural History Symposium,
which took place in the Greek Orthodox Church Complex, Stockton, California, June 2001.
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.
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.
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.
