Posts from ethanedwards in thread „10,000+ Posts Club“

  • 10,000+ Posts Club

    Thanks all, but this nothing to do with posting for position, as most of my posts are only achieved
    by hours and hours, of research and editing .in order to make this
    the JWMB the greatest community online, on Duke, Westerns and War Movies.

  • 10,000+ Posts Club

    Thank you both so much. It has always been my privilege to serve this board and strive to make it the community it is. Thanks to all our valuable members for making this probably the friendliest forum on the web.

  • 10,000+ Posts Club

    Thank you Keith, Arthur, Peter, Gorch and Mark.
    Mark, I would not dream of missing you out,
    and thanks for making me welcome ha ha,
    I just was thinking of the first three who said hello!!

  • 10,000+ Posts Club

    Quote from chester7777

    It is a privilege to know you and work with you here at the JWMB, and we thank you for your many, many, many hours devoted to making this THE best, most informative site about John Wayne, as well as one of the friendliest JW communities EVER!


    With most fond regards,


    Chester :newyear: and the Mrs. :angel1:


    Sue and Jim,
    Thank you so very much for your kind remarks,
    and as quoted above, the pleasure is likewise.
    Our friendship goes back some years now,
    and becoming more so after our Trans-Atlantic phone call, a couple of years ago.
    Indeed we three spoke as if we had known each other for years,
    well, I guess we had!!


    I enjoyed your 10,000th post and your history of milestones,
    and I would like to maybe pin-point my history here in a different way.


    I came across the board, in which were really early days of broadband,
    and joined on May 1st 2005.
    Apart from Chester, it was also Carl, The Ringo Kid, and Mike Hondo Duke Lane,
    amongst the first to make me welcome here, and I was immediately posting like a 'good un'.


    It became apparent that there was much fragmentation on the board,
    and in a lot of cases there were several different threads on just one movie,
    or subject, with members beginning a new threads all the time, about the same subject.


    Jim spoke to me and with Kevin's blessing, we discussed the possibility
    of at least consolidating the Movies section, into a new sub-forum, Duke's Movie Discussions
    I was appointed the then, Movie Reviews Moderator,
    and set about the task, which took months to complete,
    but in the end we had all the movies reviewed, with all the information possible, and all posts relating a particular movie,
    under one roof, with even historical posts also added or linked.


    My second objective was 'Pals of the Saddle'
    and to profile actors/ directors/ composers who were involved in Duke's movies,
    and as you are aware this is added to quite frequently.
    I was also fascinated with Duke's Locations,
    and added this along with the studios/ back lots, ranches etc.


    It was during this time, Kevin acquired the rights to set up
    a Maureen O'Hara Forum, of which we created a new forum, and consolidated her movies.
    Just recently I requested that Kevin set up a similar one for John Ford.


    As all this was going on, and with different off topic threads being formed,
    and members discussing more and more, non- Duke subjects,
    we were aware that unlike other Boards, a stand alone John Wayne Board,
    was not the way forward and thought of expanding it to include other Westerns,
    TV westerns, and War Movies, all genre's Duke was involved in.


    More recently, with the the initial threads of our members itdo and Elly and new additions and research,
    we were able to consolidate all of Duke's other work into
    JOHN WAYNE - his comprehensive Body Of Work


    We/ I hope by doing so, as Sue and Jim quoted above, we now have

    THE best, most informative site about John Wayne,
    as well as one of the friendliest JW communities EVER!


    Yes, there have been many, many hours of time spent here,
    and as such, became a labour of love,
    but it has become my pleasure, hopefully,to serve you all
    in the best possible way I can.


    My sincere thanks to the admin team, Kevin, our mop-boy,
    Jim and Sue, Mike and Arthur, and all our members and friends,
    for your kind support.


    Long live the JWMB

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    Wondered what had happened to you both.
    Anyway


    CONGRATULATIONS


    A fantastic achievement which you deserve