Launch date of IRRIalumni.org: Tuesday 10th October, 2006
- Day 1: 100 (initial mailbox allocation from Google; announcement in the IRRI Bulletin)
- Day 2: 700
- Day 3: 900
- Day 4: 1,000
Update: 18 Oct: Shared contacts are not visible in the directory. We'll resume loading accounts when this is resolved. In the meantime, please continue to register email addresses.
Update: 22 Oct: It's a feature: shared contacts are available only to organizations with up to 100 accounts for now. We'll resume issuing accounts.
Update: 2 December: 1,122 alumi registered
How many alumni does IRRI have? Reportedly, we have had about 4,000 staff since IRRI was founded in 1960, and about twice as many trainees and scholars.