Help Rick count down to member number 1000

[GailInNM]

To thank Rick for starting this board, lets help him count down to member number 1000. By my count it should happen this week.
July 20,2008
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July 21,2008
As I was editing to change to 7, it changed to 6 this morning.
And by noon it was 5 to go.
And now in the late afternoon it is 2 to go. See, it's growing so fast that even Rick can't keep up.

Less than 24 hours since I first posted and it's at 1000.

Congratulations to Rick and all the other people who have made this board what it is.
Gail in NM,USA

 

[Brass_Machine]

Cool. I think I made a new convert this weekend. I spent some time with my brother in-law showing him my engines. Then I pulled out the boiler and fired it up and ran on steam. I hope when he gets back to NH he will join here.

Eric

 

[rake60]

At the moment it stands at ...3...

That's already 973 more than I had ever expected to notice this narrow
field of interest forum when I was sitting here setting it up a little more
than a year ago.

Approaching 1000 members from all around the globe with very few conflicts or
arguments. Sure there have been a few, and I know there will be a few more,
but the Moderators are very good at keeping those issues in check.

It's their commitment to HMEM that has made it the place that it is!
I could never thank them enough for their efforts here.

I'm loving watching my dream of a civil home maching forum grow!

Thanks to ALL of you for your continued support and interest!

Rick

 

[BrianS]

Hey if the 1000th member wins a prize I will gladly volunteer to join again as an alias. Just kidding. ;D Congrats to you all. I'm glad it turned out the way it did.

Brian

 

[Twinsquirrel]

Are there guests out there, lurking, waiting to join but putting it off so they can be the 1000th??

 

[DickDastardly40]

Showing 1003 now, therefore welcome to new members and a hearty congrat to Rick for spotting a 'niche' and giving us a place to meet.

Al

 

[baldrocker]

Quality does attract
Paul (baldrocker)

 

[GailInNM]

It has been just over a year since we were counting down to member 1000. And that was just over a year from the time Rick started this board.

Now another year has passed, almost exactly, and the member count should reach 3000 this week. Thats triple the members we had a year ago.

The quality of the posts, the photos, the enormous amount of information and the friendships developed here are all great.

Congratulations and thanks, Rick.
You "done good". :bow: :bow:

Gail in NM,USA

 

[Tin Falcon]

At this point just 4 from 3000
Tin

 

[black85vette]

2999 right now!

 

[CrewCab]

and just having popped back to check ........... 3000 it is ............. and well done to all ........... because it's the members that make this forum the success it is 8)

CC

 

[rake60]

No one could possibly be more surprised by the success of this
site then I am.

I would like to offer a personal Thank You to all of the members and
Management Team for making it the site I had hoped it would be.

:bow: to all of you!

Rick

 

[arnoldb]

A toast to Rick, the Moderators and the Members! th_wav !!!

 

[GailInNM]

Almost 5 months to the day and the member count has increased another 1000 to 4000. It's hard to keep up with all the new posts everyday, but it is a wonderful type of hard.

Congratulations and thanks to Rick and everyone else involved. Especially all the members whose diversified but related posts make this site what it has become. You "done good".

Gail in NM

 

[GailInNM]

I am just using this thread to keep track of the growth of HMEM.
As I am writing this in Sept 2010, the member count stands at 5999, which is close enough to 6000 for me.
Current growth rate as a little over 5-3/4 new registrations per day.
A bit of history.

Start up July 8,2007
Member 1000 July 21,2008
Member 3000 July 29,2009
Member 4000 Dec 31,2009
Member 6000 Sept 14,2010

We have the best of both worlds:
Quality and quantity.
Thanks to all the administration, members and especially Rick for starting HMEM.

Gail in NM

 

[b.lindsey]

Thanks for keeping track of it Gail. And thanks to ALL the mods for keeping it the absolute BEST forum of its kind on the net!!!

Bill

 

[rleete]

5999, which is close enough to 6000 for me.

Some precision machinist you are!




(just kidding, really!)

 

[GailInNM]

Some precision machinist you are!

(just kidding, really!)

It was cold this morning so I was compensating for the temperature. It's spot on now that everything is up to room temperature. Counter reads 6000.

 

[Deanofid]

Woops. You're temp compensation thingy is out of whack, Gail.
6002 now! ;D

 

[steamer]

Oh come now....this is home shop and he's only off 2 tenths.....

;D