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Title: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on December 23, 2008, 10:01:23 AM
Hi all,

 I've been a member on this website for over 4 years now, and over those years it has been mentioned time and time again that it would be nice to see a group for the Red Deer area....so I finally went ahead and created one.  While it is just a website right now, hopefully it will become a matching "sister" club, similar is shape and form to the Calgary and Edmonton Jeep clubs.

www.reddeerjeep.com

It's a work in progress...in other words, this is all I have had time to do since Sunday with Xmas shopping thrown in.  I'm running the thing myself, but I'd sure appreciate anyone who could register for the forum and help us kick things off.  If you could spread the webname around (www.reddeerjeep.com), that would certainly help us out.  Hopefully before I head back to work on the 6th I will have more done to the website and forum. And yes, I am planning a website AND forum, not just a discussion forum.

Thanks to the CJA for letting me post this here, and all their support for my jeep hobby over the past 4 years. Hopefully I can give something back to the community with this site.

Darcy
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: Immortal on December 23, 2008, 12:57:27 PM
looks great.... and I signed up.
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: LifesGrand on December 23, 2008, 01:50:07 PM
registered before Christmas in support of this new forum...
merry x-mas!!! ho ho ho the payments..
 ;) :D :) ;D 8)
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: P-Dubb on December 23, 2008, 05:36:27 PM
yeah i joined as well
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on December 23, 2008, 11:23:04 PM
Thanks for all the kind words....we had 17 people in total sign up today.

And to top it off, GoogleBot came to visit today too....a real good start.  :)
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on December 24, 2008, 02:20:39 PM
Sorry, was down for a bit this morning...back up and running!
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on January 01, 2009, 01:10:24 AM
Happy New Year from the Packrats site, and thanks to everyone who has mentioned us to another Jeeper!
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on January 08, 2009, 08:56:16 PM
We're having a "meet and greet" tomorrow night with discussion on forming a true club...please forward it to any Jeep friends you might have in our area:

http://reddeerjeep.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=79

Thanks,
Darcy
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: P-Dubb on January 08, 2009, 10:32:18 PM
i'd go if it wasn't an hour drive  ::)
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: Waytec on January 09, 2009, 02:23:55 AM
You woos I drive down for the CJA you can come up for the RDPR.
I am trying to use some fighting words so people come up to prove me wrong.  ;D
more the merrier
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: SwampSinger on January 09, 2009, 05:23:04 AM
How was the first meeting?... Did your wives had to pick you guys up?  ;D... Sorry guys,.. i couldn't make that  one... I'll do my best to make the next and come shake your paws.

Cheers
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on January 09, 2009, 09:10:18 AM
... Sorry guys,.. i couldn't make that  one... I'll do my best to make the next and come shake your paws.

Cheers

Great Dom....so we'll see you tonight?  :D

First "meet and greet" is tonight, not last night. lol
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: Immortal on January 09, 2009, 10:48:22 AM
MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Busted. I Am gonna try and make 'er... tonight.
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: RedDog on January 10, 2009, 07:30:30 AM
Pretty impressive gathering last night. I believe around 20 people. The location (which even I encouraged) was a bit disappointing but alternatives are being discussed for next time.  I was a bit late as I knew I would be but I like pulling up to so many Jeeps parked everywhere. It always makes me grin like a kid.
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on January 10, 2009, 09:20:26 AM
The location was no one's fault, as when I called the night before to ask for a quiet corner to pull a couple of tables together the manager never mentioned the "Heavy Metal Kazoo" non-entertainment.

You got that right - "Heavy Metal Kazoo" non-entertainment.  :o The fun part was apologizing to people about it when they came in, and then the look on their faces everytime these guys got up to do a set and mentioned heavy metal kazoo and people realized it wasn't just a sick joke on my part, but rather the location's sick joke on all of us.  ;D

But yeah....15-20 in total, which was a great showing.  We're scouting a different location, and I'm hoping to get a club formation meeting going while the momentum is here. Hopefully sometime in the not too distant future there might be a group of Packrats doing trail runs.

Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: Matt4x4 on January 13, 2009, 09:38:04 PM
Another site to shove in my forum favorites file
Looks good
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on April 07, 2009, 10:04:56 PM
Time to get this show on the road....if you're in the area, we'd be happy to have you join us:

http://reddeerjeep.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=231
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on September 16, 2009, 11:29:44 PM
Hi all,

  We've made a few changes to the site, have a new look, and a new front page.  We're even on Facebook now too, hoping to let people know we're around.  If you're ever in the area, we'd love to have you stop in for a meeting, trail ride, or just by one of our garages to drink our refreshments and explain to us the mistakes we're making on our build and how you could do it better.

www.reddeerjeep.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Deer-Jeep-Packrats/126747499190

Badgers need not apply.   ;D
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: tubby on September 17, 2009, 12:29:32 AM
I'm fresh outta badgers now Darcy; so no worries.
I like the new site. I've been trolling it for a while and I like the changes.
Title: Re: RED DEER JEEP PACKRATS - new forum!!!
Post by: dunl on September 17, 2009, 11:35:12 AM
Thanks dude.   8)  I actually managed to take  down the entire site for about 30 hours late last week....lucking I have guys like fug that I can contact for help if I need it.  :)