The Pin-up (Dec. 2007)

[Ashmadai]

No. 1 December, 2007

Welcome to The Pin-up, The Bulletin Board Monthly Newsletter!

About The Bulletin Board:

The Bulletin Board was started on 5 November, 2005. It is coming up on it's 26 month anniversary.

The Bulletin Board was set up, originally, as a Directory Board for Proboard Message Boards only. At this point in time we will stick to that vision. When I first came to Proboard in 2005 there were very few Directories on the system and the ones which where online were either hard to find or they did little to give every board a fair chance at being seen. Most of the places didn't have very much organization at all, I saw the need for board which would work to remedy that situation.

Sadly during the month of December of 2007, I allowed the board to go stagnant. Health problems and other things caused my working on the board to stop, no one was interested in assisting either... so the board sat there and I forgot about it.

In late November/early December, while on the Admin's Retreat, I noticed others complained about the directory over on Proboard Support and I once again became interested starting a directory. While playing around I found "The Bulletin Board" again, I thought that by now it surely would have been deleted for inactivity. When I mentioned the board on AR, Dianne (of Books and Chat) was kind enough to offer her help. She also saw the need for a Directory.

Since early December we have been working frantically to get the board into shape to promote and utilize it. I am pretty proud of the work Dianne has done and even though the board will be revised from time to time... I think it's finally something worth showing off.

What is the Bulletin Board:

As I said above, the Bulletin Board is a Directory Board. Our main concern is Advertising other Proboard Message Boards only. We are not here to detract from the other boards, but rather here to assist them in getting noticed by the members of the Probard System.

We are not here for coding, nor are we here as an Admin Help board. If you are interested in those, and other help forums, we will only serve as a place for you to find such boards. I prefer leaving the Coding and Admin Help items for the experts to handle.

We are not truly a Message Board, but we will offer some items of amusement for our members and guests. I am working on contests for the boards advertised here. I am hoping to offer both a People's Choice and an Expert's Choice type of award for the boards advertised here. All I need is the experts who know coding, graphics and what-not to act as judges. Hopefully, in time, they will come. The People's Choice Awards will be chosen by you, the member.

The Staff of the Bulletin Board:

I am Ashmadai, some of you know me as Outlooker. I won't hide the fact of who I am.. so you can call me Ash, Ashmadai, Outlooker, Mac or even John.. it won't matter to me. Why I am using Ashmadai is because that is the name I joined Proboard under over 2 years ago. The Board was in Ash's name, I saw no point in changing it -- plus, I have had the nickname of Ash on the net since about 1997 or so. I sort of like the name.

Dianne is my Admin. She is the Forum Founder over at Books and Chat and has a new Board coming online. We'll mention that when it's ready to be announced. Dianne is a working admin, she has done work on the forums and helped with finding items for the board.. as well as made numerous good suggestions.

Applications being taken:

Applications are being taken for Moderators of the Advertising Forums and for Advisors. At this point we are waiting to promote very many people until we get more members, but a part of the Moderator's Job will be to go out amongst the boards on the Proboard System and advertise this board. On some boards they might not be able to do the actual advertising, but they can talk to the Admins of those boards and tell them of this board. I, then, can either go to the board or talk to the Admins here. Together we can make the board known Proboard wide.

The Membership:

Guests will have the ability to post in some forums, plus they can view the ads. We don't require anyone to become a member in order to see the ads... that would sort of defeat the purpose. However, we would like people to join and gain the access of a full member... which includes being eligible to be in on "The Member of the Month" and "Member of the Year" Contests. Guests are ineligible for such contests.

It is my hope to come up with some games which will be based upon the Proboard Message Boards. Things like A to Z: Message Boards, might be in the works. The goal is to promote the boards as much as possible in every way.

I’d like to say “Welcome to the Board, and thank you for coming". I feel sure that in the future you all will post as you have on the other forums we’ve been on together. I’m really glad to see you here.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

Ashmadai

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