jar546
Forum Coordinator
Ten years ago tonight (Oct 15, 20019) I received a phone call from RJJ telling me that the ICC forum was shutting down and we had nowhere to go. I wanted to create our own but did not know how. I started searching the internet for free forum software and found Phbb and started researching how to install and set it up. I knew we were running out of time so I stayed up almost all night trying to figure it out.
I figured out how to attach it to my GoDaddy account and on October 16th, 2009 I started setting up the categories and registered myself as admin and the very first member. By the next day I was somewhat ready and on October 17th, 2009 we were open for business and had 30 members sign up. See the list of the first 30 members below. Anyway, over time we outgrew my GoDaddy account, the free software and ended up changing to paid for, professional software twice and now have our very own Amazon server. Just look how far we have come as a professional group these past 10 years. Hats off to all of you who supported this forum financially and more importantly, with all of your posts.
I figured out how to attach it to my GoDaddy account and on October 16th, 2009 I started setting up the categories and registered myself as admin and the very first member. By the next day I was somewhat ready and on October 17th, 2009 we were open for business and had 30 members sign up. See the list of the first 30 members below. Anyway, over time we outgrew my GoDaddy account, the free software and ended up changing to paid for, professional software twice and now have our very own Amazon server. Just look how far we have come as a professional group these past 10 years. Hats off to all of you who supported this forum financially and more importantly, with all of your posts.
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