Post by Ashmadai on Dec 4, 2007 1:23:55 GMT -5
Welcome to the Bulletin Board!!!
The Bulletin Board was founded on the 5th of November, 2005 at 1:40 AM eastern time, it's was intended to be a Directory of Proboard Message Boards - something akin to the Yellow Pages or a Telephone Directory.
The Bulletin Board was not an idea which I came up with lightly. I've seen other systems with such Directories, but one did not exist at Proboards at this time... or if it did, it wasn't promoted as a directory for Proboards and was buried in the mess of Harry Potter and RPG Ads over at PBS. After several weeks of looking I approached the Proboard Staff and Management by PM and was told "Go for it".
The original Bulletin Board gained a few boards in the advertising section before it went into a stagnant state in early 2006. The reason the board went into decline was most likely due to health reasons and by the time I came back... I had forgotten about the board. In November of 2007 I noticed that things did not change over at PBS, as far as the ads were concerned, and other people complained about advertising their boards or finding boards to join that suited their tastes. I decided that I would look into starting up a directory. After a week of looking around, I found that I had some information about The Bulletin Board stashed away in a file on my computer, so I took the URL and tried it. Surprisingly I had full access to this board and the board was still active. Other systems would have deleted the forum for lack of activity ages ago.
When I brought up the idea on another board, Dianne (the Forum Founder of Books & Chat) took a real interest in the idea of The Bulletin Board, so I began revising the old board. She offered her assistance in rebuilding the board and due to her efforts, and firm belief that the board was a good idea, she was made Admin of The Bulletin Board.
The Bulletin Board is for the purpose of advertising and promoting other message boards on the Proboard System by any means that we can accomplish that goal. The results is that the board is growing. We thank everyone who comes here to post their boards or to check out the boards posted.
The Bulletin Board was founded on the 5th of November, 2005 at 1:40 AM eastern time, it's was intended to be a Directory of Proboard Message Boards - something akin to the Yellow Pages or a Telephone Directory.
The Bulletin Board was not an idea which I came up with lightly. I've seen other systems with such Directories, but one did not exist at Proboards at this time... or if it did, it wasn't promoted as a directory for Proboards and was buried in the mess of Harry Potter and RPG Ads over at PBS. After several weeks of looking I approached the Proboard Staff and Management by PM and was told "Go for it".
The original Bulletin Board gained a few boards in the advertising section before it went into a stagnant state in early 2006. The reason the board went into decline was most likely due to health reasons and by the time I came back... I had forgotten about the board. In November of 2007 I noticed that things did not change over at PBS, as far as the ads were concerned, and other people complained about advertising their boards or finding boards to join that suited their tastes. I decided that I would look into starting up a directory. After a week of looking around, I found that I had some information about The Bulletin Board stashed away in a file on my computer, so I took the URL and tried it. Surprisingly I had full access to this board and the board was still active. Other systems would have deleted the forum for lack of activity ages ago.
When I brought up the idea on another board, Dianne (the Forum Founder of Books & Chat) took a real interest in the idea of The Bulletin Board, so I began revising the old board. She offered her assistance in rebuilding the board and due to her efforts, and firm belief that the board was a good idea, she was made Admin of The Bulletin Board.
The Bulletin Board is for the purpose of advertising and promoting other message boards on the Proboard System by any means that we can accomplish that goal. The results is that the board is growing. We thank everyone who comes here to post their boards or to check out the boards posted.
