TheBullsPen.com to close its doors SATURDAY 6 PM!

[Velcro]

Same name as now, just a revamped look and some features to make it "more fun"

[BULLfreak]

You know Brad you could have done all of our bosses a favor and closed the board during the work week  

[___ Eats It]

Is there a built-in Gnat filter on the new board?  

[gurlybull]

How long will it be down for??

[bulls96go]

super!

great job guy's

[Guest]

How long will it be down for??

Until Sunday evening sometime... earlier if we can make it happen faster.

We've been getting the kinks out during Beta testing... so hopefully we can have the new board up asap.

[E.T.]

Great Job guys and see you Sunday Evening for when "the doors" open ... I'll bring the beer !

[Brad]

See you on the other side.  Thanks for all of your hard work Brad.

Thank you.

I'd like like to repeat that this conversion effort has been the work of a team of volunteers.  Because we shifted to an entirely new board we needed some additional expertise on new languages and structure.  

I think it is important to commend the key players in this.

Velcrogrip - the new board is hosted on a new server he purchased for his business.  He has allotted server space and resources as part of his incredible committment to the board.  On top of that, he continues to lend technical and administrative know-how to the board.

JimUSFSig - Months ago volunteered his assistance to any future conversion or enhancement effort.  We called him on that and he has been a valuable member contributing overall guidance and down and dirty script work to ensure the best possible conversion.

NAM37 - Volunteered a long time ago to help if ever needed and in fact helped determine which direction we would go in for this version of TheBullsPen.com.  Talented in many ways, NAM37's experience was critical in getting to where we are now.

These three have formed the core of the DEV team which was charged with this this conversion from the start in April.  together we decided the route to take in server, software and design.  I couldn't be prouder of the joint effort by this group.

I am confident we will get through the conversion with minimal bumps and bruises and will be poised to carry on our mission of bringing members the best messge board experience possible.  

I thank these three for their determined efforts, as well as others that helped in testing, design, other facets of the process.

We'll be shutting down in about 5.5 hours.  Please stay tuned in to this thread for any further updates prior to shut down.

Thank you.

Brad  

[E.T.]

Okay ... Eastern Time. Answered my question  8-)

I owe a beer to ALL of the above !

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Hope "all" of you don't mind sharing  

[Guest BasketBull.]

Thanks, guys!

This board kept me sane while a was chained to a shoe factory in Taiwan for all of those years.  ;)Since that time, the board has helped me to get through my grad school days.

Thanks, again, to Brad and everyone else who keep the message board running and updated.