The first month's numbers are in, and they are good. Our Webmaster reports that since we launched our new format a month ago, the number of visits to the site has increased by 20 percent and the number of page views -- when you click past the home page -- is up 46 percent. You're staying on the site longer, too. We appreciate your interest and support while we restructure this site, and we welcome your suggestions. Email them to lholderness@calcsea.org.

More Web update: You may have noticed we removed the "updated" date from the site. We are now dating each entry. The flaw in the previous method was that you couldn't know exactly what had been changed. Now you can see at a glance which items are new since you last checked. In our blog, the top news item will always be the most recent one.

Sometime on Friday we will restore the home-page access to the Legislative Action Center and the Member Benefits page. They have both been missed.