Pellet Fan
All Things Considered => General Discussion--Non food Related => Topic started by: Kristin Meredith on August 22, 2018, 07:31:57 AM
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One year ago today we officially opened the doors. The first day consisted of three members -- Bentley, me and LowSlowFoShow (our technical wonder man!). We made a few posts to make sure the site worked and then sent out a few invitations to friends who we thought might be interested. My memory is that folks started registering later that day and Bent approved those who did and the 23rd was the first day our membership started in earnest.
PH was still up and running and we thought would be for a long time. I truly feared we would be a huge flop. Oh sure, a few friends would take pity and post a bit, but we had true concerns that we would be dead in the water by 3 months. I told Bentley that if we had 50 people by the end of the first year who seemed to be enjoying the site and contributing decent posts, then we could continue for a second year. Boy, was I out to lunch!! We had over 50 people by the end of August!
I am not naive, I think the disintegration of PH has contributed to PFs growth and success. But I mainly think it is the quality of our members. You folks share great experiences, ideas, pit advice, helpful hints, pictures, recipes. You are kind, caring, civil and respectful to each other and to the rules of the site which is appreciated. And I guess you tell others about the site because I don't know where all our members come from.
A huge thank you to Chris Becker and Cookinpellets.com for the faith and financial support and LowSlowFoShow for his donated hours of technical skill that got us up and running and contributed to many of the looks and technical things (tapatalk for example) on the site. Thanks to all of you who bought from Thermoworks in the last year and used the PF code; we received a small donation from your purchase and that is helping fund the second year.
Thanks to all you members who contribute topics and photos and posts -- it is what keeps us going!!!
Finally, taking Rawhide64's suggestion, if any of you remember to log in tonight at 8 pm Eastern/7/6/5 pm as you travel west, we will see how many PelletFans can be online at one time for the anniversary. Post a hi or anything else in this thread if you like! And maybe cook some fish sticks and tater tots on your pit!!!!
Thanks again everyone, what a wonderful first year we have had! :cool:
Stats for year one:
New Topics: 1,387
New Posts: 21,300
New Members: 1,953 (lots of Russians registered but didn't get in!)
Most online: 65
Page Views: 2,081,349 (YTD 2018)
Total Page Views: 3,051,444
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Thanks for the first year. Looking forward to many more.
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Congratulations :clap: :clap: :cool:
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How cool is this?
You two, Chris & LFS deserve all the credit though.
The rest of us just partake in an awesome forum, Happy Anniversary and a HUGE Thank You to all.
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Congrats, and Thanks!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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My thanks for starting and maintaining the Pellet Fan. It is a great source of information for beginners to experts. I read it almost everyday.
Once again congratulations for a super job :clap: :cool: :)
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Congrats and thanks :clap:
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How cool is this?
You two, Chris & LFS deserve all the credit though.
The rest of us just partake in an awesome forum, Happy Anniversary and a HUGE Thank You to all.
Well said!! +1! :clap:
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Thanks for the site!!! :cool:
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It's a site I visit several times a day (I'm retired) and enjoy immensely. Thanks everyone.
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Wow, crazy how fast time flies! Right after getting the site set up I changed jobs and we found out we were having a second child. The last year has been VERY busy with my wife and preemie son in and out of the hospital and I've had very little free time to be on here. As fate would have it I had a few minutes between meetings and decided to jump on today!
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Wonderful family you have there.
No doubt you know how much everyone appreciates your time and efforts and it isn't like you don't have a lot on your plate.
Thanks again for all you have done to make this possible.
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Sorry to hear the baby was a preemie, but from your photos all seems well in your lovely family shot. Congrats on your new addition, hope the new job is going well and getting more familiar each month, and thanks so much for all your tireless efforts on getting this site up and running and smoothing all the bumps out!!!
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Checking in from 21st century Mordor:
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I have to go to work before the check-in, but I do want to say congratulations, and thanks!
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Thanks again.........
And Happy 1st. Anniversary.
This really is a great place with a bunch of great people.
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It is 8 pm Eastern and there are 25 PelletFans on-line. Thanks for showing up. Fish sticks and tater tots for all!!!
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Happy Anniversary!
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I was here at 8! Huza to all!
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Howdy from Texas Y'all!!! Thanks for getting the band back together!!!
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Same here. 6pm mountain time! Happy anniversary and thanks.
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Hi from WI.
And thanks to all for having us.
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oooops...missed by a few minutes
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NJ is in the house. Signed in at 8, tried sending message through and some reason they did not go....must be user error. Just wanted to say congrats to Kristin, Bentley and the whole Pellet Fan community on a great first year. I know the PF moniker says "Welcome to the Dark Side", but there is always far more light than dark when here among friends. What a great first year, looking forward to many more celebrations in the future.
joe
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Thanks for the site. :clap:
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I was late.
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Unfortunately, I was very late but thank you for this great site full of info!
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Just wanted to say Happy Anniversary and thanks for this forum to all that made it possible and who keep it going on a daily basis.
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Late again from CA
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Just have to say thanks again for taking the plunge to start this site.
Al
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Happy Anniversary! The 1st of many.
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Literally just finished paying HostGator for year 2...so we are good to go! Thank you all for making this a site I enjoy being on everyday!