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Post by Swimmy on Jan 24, 2008 8:56:47 GMT -5
cool :-) Thanks for checking.
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Post by Ralph on Jan 24, 2008 11:45:00 GMT -5
Bear with me here for a bit with the parrot typing. It's the "Send Pm" icon and I will have to look for it.
It is buried in the HTML codes and I forgot all about that particular one!
Sorry!!
NOTE: Found it and replaced it!!!!
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Post by kim on Jan 24, 2008 12:14:57 GMT -5
I liked the parrot! Of course, I am a parrothead.
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Post by Ralph on Jan 24, 2008 12:33:26 GMT -5
Parrothead?
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Post by kim on Jan 24, 2008 12:47:22 GMT -5
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Post by Clipper on Jan 24, 2008 12:47:28 GMT -5
Wow, it is great. Thanks ralph and kim for volunteering to help. Ralph, you have made a world of diffrerence already, and kim is working on the censor feature.
I really am proud to have it named after me, although is OUR site and belongs to all of us. Thanks Ralph.
I recognized the picture immediately. When I was a kid, I used to jump off the Wilmurt bridge and swim at what we called the "high falls". I have also caught some really nice trout in the foam and eddies beneath that very falls.
When I was younger, and an avid trout fisherman, I managed to fish every foot of the W. Canada from 2 or 3 miles north of Noblesboro, to Herkimer. I literally walked the banks or waded the creek from one end of those sections of the creek to the other over a period of years. The fishing is no longer what it was back then. I once caught a 22 inch brown below the bridge in Trenton Falls, and I have seen huge trout taken below Hinckley dam.
Ahh, memories of days gone by!
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Post by Ralph on Jan 24, 2008 12:50:01 GMT -5
You're welcome Clipper. I am still working on building the different sections and have some stuff to do. I have to move threads and such as I go along so it will take a while.
I have tons of pictures from up there, my step dad and his family used to own a camp on the Grey-Wilmurt Rd. The Goldens.
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Post by kim on Jan 24, 2008 12:57:13 GMT -5
Thank YOU for setting up this board, Clipper! :-)
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Post by denise on Jan 24, 2008 19:58:42 GMT -5
The progress is awesome! Great job!!  |
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Post by frankcor on Jan 24, 2008 22:58:24 GMT -5
Yeah, I offer for all of you involved my sincere appreciation.
You have made something out of nothing in such a short time that it's surprising to me and I've been around for many years. Soon you'll have the look and feel just about right. When you get a few minutes to catch your breath, you might want to start asking some different questions.
What do you expect from this forum? Where do you see it 6-months or a year from now? Do we want 100 members? Or 1000? Bigger than that other forum?
I mean this as no disrespect to Clipper, but if there is a consensus that you want lots of visitors, you may end up giving it a name that will let people looking for this kind of discussion actually find it. You can't rely on posting links on that other forum for very much longer, I suspect.
I guess it's my facilitator training that leads me to point out the benefits of having a mission statement.
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Post by jduges on Jan 24, 2008 23:52:54 GMT -5
The Mission:
To provide people with a unique arena to discuss a bevy of issues that run the full spectrum of life, in a creative, supportive atmosphere. A place where one has the freedom to express oneself freely in a respectful manner without fear of retribution. Here you'll be free from the confines of an outdated system and site who doesn't trust you enough to allow you to BOLD a statement.
I would think the goal would be progress and growth. No one has a financial stake here and I think most will stay so long as the product meets their expectations. It would be unfair to put a number on it for a 6 month goal. Whether we stay at 20 or we jump to 200 it will be the content and commentary that will drive this forum, not the number of posters.
Realistically, 20 of us basically ran the entire OD forums with the exception of a few hit and run posters. And no that those 20 are virtually all on here, I would expect the same to hold true. I also look for another dramatic increase in memebership in the next month as the word gets out. I guess we'll have to just wait and see.
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Post by Ralph on Jan 25, 2008 1:49:17 GMT -5
I have to agree with Jduges on where we go from here.
No matter what it's name may be down the road, the boards address will always remain the same, and can be Googled as such.
One thing we had done when we first started our board before we went private with it was to purchase a domain in the name we wanted. Within that domain we inserted a re-direct. That was all it was good for (that and the e-mail addy), but it served it's purpose. As soon as you went to the domain name you were automatically routed the the original board.
The same could be done here if enough of the people on the board wanted to throw in a buck to do it.
But I think at this point that Judges has it pegged pretty good.
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