About the Quarterly Retreat Website

The purpose for the Quarterly Retreat, LLC website is to provide convenient access to the organization's records and to provide a place for Quarterly Retreaters to share information. I started the website soon after the LLC formation primarily for keeping the minutes and other records organized for myself. Plus, it was an opportunity for me to develop a website, drawing on my experience supervising web development within the state’s university system.

The website has been hosted on facilities provided through my various internet service providers over the years with the most recent being Google. Consequently, the website has been moved and rewritten from time to time with the last move occurring in July, 2021 when Google required a change in the way they host web-development.

Over the years I began inviting the Quarterly Retreaters to use the site. For many years, the usage was pretty low and increased only gradually. Although probably not all, most of the members now use the site at least occasionally, and some have come to depend upon it.

The latest rewrite of the website came online in July, 2021 replacing the prior Google decommissioned site procedures.

1. The new URL for the website is https://qrllc.info .

2. The domain name is registered with ICANN, a non-profit organization that maintains domain names globally. When you enter the qrllc.info domain name into your browser from anywhere in the U.S. or most anywhere in the world, you will be taken to the website.

3. The website is private. Search engines will not find the site even if very specific search arguments are used.

4. The website should function independently of the type of device you are using, whether a desktop computer, a tablet, or a smart phone.

5. If you have your browser set to autofill and after you enter the URL a couple of times, the browser should fill in the full address after you type a letter or two of the name. My browser fills in the name after I enter the letter “q”, which is about as good as having the site bookmarked. Even with the autofill, I also have the site bookmarked.

6. When you go to the website, you will see the announcements at the top of the page and a list of links on the left side. If you do not see the list of links on the left, you will see “Quarterly Retreat, LLC” preceded by the three horizontal bars, which is sometimes referred to as the hamburger. Touch the hamburger to get the list of links.

7. Follow the links and please let me know if you see needed corrections, changes, or updates. If you see ways to improve the site, I am interested in those ideas as well.

8. The website is hosted on Google facilities, which helps make the files and website less susceptible to personal pc/harddrive failures.

9. As a safeguard our son, Stephen, has all the passwords and security codes needed to access the information and workings of the website.

Enjoy!

Cheers!
-Steve