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    Default The History of b2g - A record of our growth

    Friday, Sept. 1, 2006
    Purchased Vbulletin
    Dawg names b2g!
    Domain name registered

    Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006
    VBulletin installed on server
    Dawg creates the Forums
    FunnyDuddies and Sara join the Mod staff
    P'Nut begins working on the color scheme

    Sunday, Sept 3, 2006
    Sara begins collecting and posting factual info about the band
    Funny designs the b2g logo and begins customizing the icons and buttons
    P'Nut continues to work on esthetics

    Monday, Sept 4, 2006
    P'Nut, Funny, and Sara stay up all night working on asthetics of b2g
    Dawg adds:
    Flashchat
    Emoticons / Smilie packs.
    Flashchat "Who's chatting" section
    Private Message flashing indicator
    Our first regular user, LindaV, joins b2g.
    11 new members join b2g.

    Tuesday, Sept 5, 2006
    Word begins to get out and the user base quickly grows
    Dawg adds:
    Signature images - 9/5/06
    Custom User Titles - 9/5/06
    Custom Avatar Upload - 9/5/06
    IMG support for URL based images - 9/5/06
    PM Quota increased. - 9/5/06
    HomePage link added on Page Footer. - 9/5/06
    37 new members join b2b.

    Wednesday, Sept 6, 2006
    Tricia K. joins the staff as a Moderator
    Cafepress store opens with merchandise for b2g's first involvement in a charitable event - Walk from Obesity 2006
    21 new members join b2b.

    Thursday, Sept 7, 2006
    Wavydaby, Telly, and Lins12 join the staff as Moderators. (Yes, we were drunk when this decision was made.)
    13 new members join b2g.

    Saturday, Sept 9, 2006
    Chickie joins the staff as a Moderator. (Can I hear a big Bonza! from the Down Unders?)
    Testing begins on the b2g Journals and Picture Gallery
    11 new members join b2g.
    b2g breaks the 100 members mark!


    Sunday, Sept 10, 2006
    The decision is made to keep PhotoNut and FunnyDuddies as b2g Admin.
    DonnaB joins the staff as a Moderator.
    The b2g Journals and Picture galleries are opened to the public.

    Wednesday, Sept 13, 2006
    The "Newest Posts" section is added to the top of the main b2g page.

    Thursday, Sept 14, 2006
    Advertising on Google wordads begins.
    Time out limit increased to 5 hours.
    Most ever online reached 111 today!
    b2g breaks the 150 members mark!

    Friday, Oct 6, 2006
    First Board of Directors meeting - in attendance: Dawg, P'Nut, Sara, LindaV and husband David

    Monday, Nov 6, 2006
    Threads: 916, Posts: 13,687, Members: 304
    b2g membership has doubled in less than six weeks

    Saturday, Feb 24, 2007
    Threads: 2,009, Posts: 33,549, Members: 703
    One month shy of being open six months! Membership is increasing faster every day!

    Saturday, March 3, 2007
    Dawg codes and implements our very own b2g BMI calculator.

    Monday, March 12, 2007
    Dawg creates the b2g library and installs a spell checker for the edit boxes.

    Saturday, May 12, 2007
    b2g reaches ONE THOUSAND members!

    Thursday, May 31, 2007
    Dawg codes and implements the b2g Carb/Protein/Calorie calculator.

    Friday, May 2-4, 2008
    The first annual b2g g2g (band2gether get2gether) is held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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