Entmoot Timeline: September 1999-January 2000 and beyond - Page 2

01-18-2000, 10:39 PM

Well, today is the four-month anniversary of the board's opening, and I thought it might be interesting to reflect on some of the memorable points in Entmoot's history Late August/Early September 1999: The topic of a Tolkien discussion board comes up in an IM conversation between myself and Tater. September 18th, 1999: I create the board and offer to make Ryan6233 a moderator if he posts. He does so, and becomes the second member and first moderator. September 19th: Darth Tater shows up and is promoted to Moderator (don't you wish it was that easy to get a position these days?

) September 22nd: Darth Tater's Empire forum is created, followed a few days later by Darth Tater's Secret Starship. September 27th: Ryan6233 and Darth Tater are promoted to the status of Administrator. October 6th: The name of board is changed from "Benjamin's Tolkien Board" to "Entmoot." October 7th: The "Middle Earth" forum is opened. October 20th: The Council of Elrond is the first board to be put on Entmoot's Ezboard ring. October 24th: The Entmoot Mail Service ( <A HREF=http://entmoot.zzn.com >http://entmoot.zzn.com </A>) and the URL redirection ( <A HREF=http://entmoot.cjb.net >http://entmoot.cjb.net </A>) are activated. October 30th: The One Ring and Son of a Hutt are made moderators. November 1st: The current Entmoot banner, created by Tater, goes up. November 3rd: The 1000th message at the board is posted, coincidentally in the topic that charts Entmoot's progress. November 9th: The "Books and Comics" Star Wars forum is renamed "Expanded Universe." November 19th: The Riftwar Forum is opened. November 20th: I start the policy of greeting new members in the announcements up top. December 4th: Ryan6233 revokes his own admin privileges after "taking over the board" (don't ask

) December 9th: Anduin is made a moderator. December 20th: The 100th member arrives at the board. December 26th: The Official Rules of Entmoot, Version 1.0 are put into effect. January 12th, 2000: Anduin becomes an Administrator. January 13th: The two Tater forums are merged. January 17th: The Riftwar forum is converted into a General Fantasy forum. January 18th: The board turns 4 months old, and I post this thread :P

01-18-2000, 10:39 PM	#1
bmilder Guest Posts: n/a	Entmoot Timeline: September 1999-January 2000 and beyond Well, today is the four-month anniversary of the board's opening, and I thought it might be interesting to reflect on some of the memorable points in Entmoot's history Late August/Early September 1999: The topic of a Tolkien discussion board comes up in an IM conversation between myself and Tater. September 18th, 1999: I create the board and offer to make Ryan6233 a moderator if he posts. He does so, and becomes the second member and first moderator. September 19th: Darth Tater shows up and is promoted to Moderator (don't you wish it was that easy to get a position these days? ) September 22nd: Darth Tater's Empire forum is created, followed a few days later by Darth Tater's Secret Starship. September 27th: Ryan6233 and Darth Tater are promoted to the status of Administrator. October 6th: The name of board is changed from "Benjamin's Tolkien Board" to "Entmoot." October 7th: The "Middle Earth" forum is opened. October 20th: The Council of Elrond is the first board to be put on Entmoot's Ezboard ring. October 24th: The Entmoot Mail Service ( <A HREF=http://entmoot.zzn.com >http://entmoot.zzn.com </A>) and the URL redirection ( <A HREF=http://entmoot.cjb.net >http://entmoot.cjb.net </A>) are activated. October 30th: The One Ring and Son of a Hutt are made moderators. November 1st: The current Entmoot banner, created by Tater, goes up. November 3rd: The 1000th message at the board is posted, coincidentally in the topic that charts Entmoot's progress. November 9th: The "Books and Comics" Star Wars forum is renamed "Expanded Universe." November 19th: The Riftwar Forum is opened. November 20th: I start the policy of greeting new members in the announcements up top. December 4th: Ryan6233 revokes his own admin privileges after "taking over the board" (don't ask ) December 9th: Anduin is made a moderator. December 20th: The 100th member arrives at the board. December 26th: The Official Rules of Entmoot, Version 1.0 are put into effect. January 12th, 2000: Anduin becomes an Administrator. January 13th: The two Tater forums are merged. January 17th: The Riftwar forum is converted into a General Fantasy forum. January 18th: The board turns 4 months old, and I post this thread :P