Carolyn Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 A few of the member were just chatting this evening on messenger, and a few questions came up that no body could answer.:blink: What is the history of this forum, who started it? when? and where? I think it would be of interest to all. Carolyn & Mika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaxtersMom Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblhelix Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 There is a history and a bit of a mystery, apparently by design. I understand the current owner started the site due to his love of Greys and seems to more or less want to remain anonymous. In the first few years there were not all that many members and there were some start up challenges. Then last year, 2007, several of us came here from another forum and went on to become Mods and/or Admins helping to make this place what we all enjoy today. Perhaps some of the others are willing/able to provide more info. One thing for sure, we all think its the best darn Grey forum around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nims Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Definatley the best Grey Forum around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 I see by going back in the African grey room the dates on the postings are 2001 the 9th month. Wow 7 years back dont no any of the names:( Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Mark is pretty close. This forum which is based in Isreal, was started 7 years ago by a Grey owner who wanted to share his love for greys. He continues to remain anonymous to the members by his choice. A few of us admin do know who he is, but we respect his right to his privacy. He has a good friend named FairY who he asked to help him monitor this site by becoming an admin. She agreed and kept things going pretty much by herself, until a year and a half ago when Ceasarsdad and I became members here. We dragged Judygram, our best friend from another grey forum that we all were members of, and some very good friends, Mark (dbhelix, Heatherstella) and many others that were our friends there. At that time, there were only 3 rooms here. Ceasarsdad and I became admin, then we started to add more rooms. We are now up to 15. We added all the moderators, who by the way, do an excellent job!! We continue to grow this forum every day. When we joined, there were only 1000 members, today, this is the biggest Grey Forum on the internet devoted to African Greys, with 3775 memebers! We are so lucky to have the best of the best for members here, it's YOU members that make this site what it is today! SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks for sharing that info with us. I've also wondered about it and now we all know... I've been on a few other forums and this is by far the best and most user friendly I've come across. I still check out some others from time to time but always find myself coming back to this one. Great job you all (admins & mods) are doing and great job to all the members that make this forum a good place to learn about greys and make friends. Thanks and lets all keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 It's nice to know how this forum was started. It is a great place to learn about greys. Thanks for sharing this information with us. I know we would all love to know who this Grey philanthropist is. But curiousity killed the cat-- so I'll just say--Kudos to you Sir and Bravo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Thanks for explaining the history. I am the same as Lyric, I have visited a few different grey forums but no other has been as informative, useful or friendly as this one. I love this forum and plan on being a member for the health and well being of my boys and value the friendships I have made on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsy Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 thanks for the explanation! As a newbie, I've wondered about this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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