Looking for a few good Members (Feb 2020) Just before my stroke.

[hotairballoonist]

 

This newsletter was written and sent out on Feb 16th 2020.  This was the last letter before I suffered a Hemorragic stroke that put me into a coma for 5 days.  I spent most of the month of March in the intensive care unit.

 

We are going to have an open house!

Have you ever wondered what is inside the HotAirBalloonist.com  on the “Members” side of the site?  Did you know that at last count we had 45,000 files?   Hundreds of biographies, Hundreds of downloads,  Hundred’s of balloon related topics,  Public and Private Chat rooms, Balloon Clubs, Photo galleries, calendars,  Member Map and so much more.  So,  to provide a look into the site we are going to have an open house.    Starting today all areas of the site will be open for viewing to any guest who visits the site.  Come have a look at how big the site is and the fantastic content available to our paid members.

Are you on the MAP?

Take a moment and stick a pin in the Member Map!  Our Member map makes it easy to find a lost friend or a Ride Operation, Ground Crew….  BUT ONLY if you stick a pin in it.  Take a moment and have a look at the Member Map.  There is even a Video Tutorial on HOW TO PUT A PIN IN THE MAP.  Even if you are NOT A MEMBER of the site.  We have more than 700 pins in the map but with all the different categories we should easily have four times that!  Please help us create the best and easiest directory to balloon related people everywhere. 

Chat Rooms

We have said this before and will again.  We have several chat rooms on the HAB site.  Some of these are for members only but there are also PUBLIC chat rooms.  If you are involved in ballooning and would be willing to answer questions from the general public, then please stop in and hang out in one of the chat rooms and answer a few questions from the public.  Heck you may even be able to chat with an old friend or make a new one.  If you scroll down to the bottom of the Forums Page you will see a bar that shows how many members are logged in and how many guests are wandering around the site.  On average there are 100-200 people looking at the site.  We have had as many as 1300 people on the site at one time.  So come and chat a while when you have time.

Balloon Clubs,

First of all if you are a balloon club we want you listed on the Member Map.  Balloon clubs do a fantastic job of bringing new blood into the sport.  We want to help promote balloon clubs in any way we can.  We also want any balloon club to create an advertisement we will run on the site at no charge to the club.  Create an ad and we will link it directly to your website in hopes of sending a few new members your way.  For those who do not have a club but always wanted to start one HAB is your best friend.   You can create a club for FREE on the HotAirBalloonist.com site.  Best of all, your club can have all the same features of the HotAirBalloonist.com site!  You can have your own calendar,  Chat Room, Events calendar, Blog, topics, Photo Gallery and MORE.  You can create a club that is private, or invite only or open to all.  Check out the balloon clubs feature on the HAB site.

All for now.

It is my sincere hope that the HAB site can be of value to everyone.  Please keep in mind that the dues paid by our membership allow us to maintain this resource.  We would like for everyone to help support this site.  A General Membership for an entire year is only $20. You can also donate on our main page if you wish.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Jeff A Thompson.