The Pin-up (January 1, 2008)

[Ashmadai]

No. 2 January 1, 2008

Happy New Year from "The Pin-up", The Bulletin Board Monthly Newsletter!


The Bulletin Board New Business:

Why become a member of The Bulletin Board:

Only members of this board may post Adverts on this board. The reason for this is so that we can control the ads to better serve all on Proboards. We don't want our Directory clogged with adverts for boards on other systems, nor do we want people posting dead (or bogus) boards on the directory.

If you have no Proboard Message Board, becoming a member will open you up to more things offered by this board, such as the competitions being started this month. The voting in certain polls will be only available to the members.


Staff Positions on "The Bulletin Board":

We are currently taking applications for Moderators at the Bulletin Board. The Moderators will be responsibile for maintaining and policing the areas which are assigned to them, promoting the board by convincing the admins of the boards they visit to post their ads on this board, and assist in the board's growth by not only suggesting new things which will help improve the board -- but also by give their opinions on what can be changed to help improve the board.

To become a moderator, one must be a member of this board.


The Bulletin Board Applications:

The application process for The Bulletin Board is now made easier. The answers to your applications will no longer be posted in the public forums, but rather be sent via email directly to the admin. He will then post your applicationi in the private Application forum on this board. The general public no longer will see the information you give, which will serve your personal online security a little better.

Sometime with-in the next day or two I will remove all applications from the board, except those set up already for the email process.

This process does not include the applications to join in on the competitions.


The Membership:

Since re-opening the board on the 4th of December, the Bulletin Board gain 13 Members. We'd like to thank each and everyone of you for joining, and we would like to remind you all to make sure your accounts are activated.

To the Visiting Admins, who joined to post their boards, we remind you to post all of the boards you own on the Proboard System. Your approved application granted you the right to post all of your boards, not just one or two, and we will hate to see you lose out. As of 1 January, 2008 - all of the boards posted in the advertising section are eligible for the Affiliates section. New boards posted in January will still have to meet any criteria set for Affiliations.


The Bulletin Board boardhop:

We started a Boardhop for the Proboard Message Boards. The basic idea of the boardhop is to directly transport people from one Proboard Message Board to the other, so that they can see what is being offered for themselves. It's another advertising ploy, when you break it down to the basics. Read about it in the Board Hop section of the board. Feel free to offer your suggestions.

The Bulletin Board Member of the Month (MotM):

This begins on 1 January, 2008. Every month a member will be picked as Member of the Month and chosen by a popularity poll plus what the Staff of the BB thinks on how the member helped this board. The Members of the Month will be eligible for the Member of the Year award.

The Bulletin Board Board of the Month:

The Board of the Month (BotM) is for those boards advertised on The Bulletin Board only. It's pretty much like every other BotM out there, however we will mostly depend on the members of The Bulletin Board to vote for the boards they liked the best. That means that your board may be voted on because someone liked the technical aspects of the board, or it might be voted on because someone liked the content or the pretty graphics.

That should do it for now. Have a safe and happy New Year,

Ashmadai

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