: : ABOUT LRRS : :
Once upon a time, in a land far far away…..oh wait, wrong story. Ok, it all started with a gleam in this young mans eye…wait, still not right. Seriously though, littlerockracingscene.com started innocently enough. It all began as a group of friends in the Little Rock area that enjoyed racing and talking about racing. We had 4 or 5 of us that used to email each other several times per day to just BS about racing and car stuff. That email group grew to 15 or so people rather quickly. So instead of dealing with the email we decided to start a message board so we could continue our chats and talk about different stuff without having to sort through 20 emails.
In August of 2001 the littlerockracingscene.com ezboard was born. During the beginning of that year we got hooked up with the Arkansas F-Body club. That increased our membership to over 30 and the message board was off and running! We used the ezboard as a means to chat, hang out, set up meets, etc. The message board saw tremendous growth during that year, simply by word of mouth advertisement. Before long, we were over 100 members strong! At that point we decided to register our domain name and create a website. We also came up with certain rules governing how a person would be able to join our group. It was determined that small and tight nit would be the way to go. Therefore, our rules for membership were fairly strict compared to other racing sites. All new members were required to have a current member agree to sponsor them to the board. No person was allowed to enter the forums without a sponsor!
Fast forward to August of 2003. Our membership has increased to over 160 members. At this time we grew tired of dealing with the ezboard fees and decided to purchase dedicated message board software. One of our members graciously agreed to let us use his server to host the forums and website. All of our other ‘VIP’ members came up with the funds to purchase our board software. Thankfully we are graced with talented members, one of which takes care of all our graphics and web design.
The latest news for LRRS is a revamp of our group and policies. As of this date we have decided to form a more structured organization with actual titles and roles for leadership, including President, secretary, treasurer, etc. It was also time for a little change. We decided to open up a portion of the board for public membership. New members are no longer required to have a sponsor to join. These ‘newbies’ are able to register an account and view or post in select areas of our site. This gives us a chance to get to know the new folks and determine if they are the kind of people we want on our site. After certain requirements have been met, including securing a sponsor, the person’s status can be upgraded to a full member and will be allowed to view or post in all general population areas of the site. The last rung on the ladder is an upgrade to ‘VIP’ status. To get to this elite level of membership the person must meet a time requirement as well as pass a vote by the board members and other VIP members to be allowed into the VIP section. This is where most of the board business is voted on and decided.
Well, that’s it in a ‘not so’ nutshell. Our membership is continuing to grow and we are working hard to maintain our close nit group of friends.