A good time to take stock and reveal our future plans:)

The Past

• Since being founded on May 17th 2008 AC has grown from an initial membership of around 60 to well over 2500 members today.
• We have consistently added new features and content throughout this period and would like to take this opportunity to thank our many contributors and supporters for their contributions and input over the last three years.
• We have organized the Left/West Coast Eisteddfod since 2009 and this year, in association with our partners, A Raven Above Press we will be holding the biggest and best event yet in L.A. in September.
• We have consistently supported Welsh American causes and events and have done everything in our power to publicize them and to propagate knowledge of Welsh and American Welsh culture in the U.S. and abroad.

The Present

• Today, to mark the occasion of our third birthday we are adding a new 'Magazine' section to the top navbar. This section will link to the AmeriCymru blog and to its various sub-sections:- Interviews, Books, Poetry etc
• The blog has recently been re-designed and we hope you all like the new look. We encourage members and readers to visit this new section often and please feel free to leave comments.
  

The Future

• We will continue to make AmeriCymru available to the American Welsh community as an informational and entertainment resource and will continue to support Welsh American events...most notably the West Coast Eisteddfod and NAFOW.
• In the next three to four weeks we will be introducing major new features to the platform. New home page features include:- inline commenting and 'liking' of status updates ( similar to Facebook ), inline viewing of photos and videos ( which means you wont have to leave the home page to view these media ) and a built in status update feature on the front page that actually works ( unlike the rather primitive hack we added about a year ago )
• We will also be adding a new Design Studio that will make it easy to customize your page for any purpose or look that you desire. We will hold a Homepage Design competition when this new feature rolls out.

All in all it's been a busy and exciting three years on AmeriCymru. And the future promises to be even more so. Once again we would like to thank you all for your support and contributions over the last three years and finally to rededicate ourselves to serving the Welsh American community in the years to come.

Diolch yn Fawr

Penblwydd Hapus AmeriCymru