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20 March 2011, 21:18
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
Join Date: May 2000
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Regime change
As many regular RIBnet members will be aware, until now RIBnet has been run as a benevolent dictatorship. Things are changing slightly, but don't worry there's no plan to go hurtling headlong into a democracy. That would be ridiculous! 
I am very pleased to announce that RIBnet is now part of the Social Knowledge online community network. Not much will change, except I shall now rule as a benevolent oligarch instead.
RIBnet's new owner owner, Andy Robinowitz (aka Andy R), will be around here some of the time and has some interesting RIB cruising plans that I'm sure he'll tell you about. He also has a small team of people who work behind the scenes on administration and technical stuff so you'll have someone new to complain to about the members list not working, upgrades, avatars, forgotten passswords and that sort of thing. They got off to an excellent start last week by quickly sorting out the problems with the Members List!
The existing dedicated team of RIBnet housekeepers will be rewarded by having their pay increased a hundred fold. They may even get some new oligarching jobs and a smart uniform. In the meantime I get to carry on as usual, except without any of the hassly bits.
Thanks to everyone who has made RIBnet what it is today, and long may it continue. 
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20 March 2011, 21:37
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Hants
Length: 8m +
Engine: 300hp plus
Join Date: Sep 2007
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well done John on what you have done and achieved on Ribnet for us
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20 March 2011, 21:38
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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er, nice one Boss!
Can you still ban people? 
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20 March 2011, 21:54
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Alderney
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,047
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20 March 2011, 22:38
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Dinard, Brittany
Boat name: Into the Red
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude E-tec 250HO
MMSI: 235 076 114
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,957
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Originally Posted by Channel Ribs
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20 March 2011, 22:50
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Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
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Originally Posted by willk
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Hell yeah!
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20 March 2011, 22:52
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Town: Brighton
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Originally Posted by C2 RIBS
well done John on what you have done and achieved on Ribnet for us
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Thanks!
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20 March 2011, 22:58
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Dinard, Brittany
Boat name: Into the Red
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude E-tec 250HO
MMSI: 235 076 114
Join Date: Apr 2009
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20 March 2011, 23:06
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,090
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Originally Posted by gotchiguy
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Originally Posted by John Kennett
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Ahh thats more like it 
Well done guv'nor and all that .. if that JF guy gets let back in though thar will be mutiny
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20 March 2011, 23:18
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Milford Haven
Boat name: Makaira
Make: Forge Marine
Length: 7m +
Engine: BMW 50HP
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Bravo
Well done John. Superb work and effort.
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20 March 2011, 23:36
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Originally Posted by willk
er, nice one Boss!
Can you still ban people? |
Nevermind that-I'm waiting to find out what a hundredfold pay increase and a new uniform means.
I'm hoping it doesn't mean Polwart dressed as Angus Young...
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21 March 2011, 00:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 7,866
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Thanks for a brilliant Forum John. You won't be forgotton!.....Now what was your surname?
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Looks Slow but is Fast
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club.
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21 March 2011, 01:31
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Administrator
Country: USA
Town: Florianopolis, Brazil
Boat name: TBD
Length: no boat
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Hey there...
It's a pleasure to partner with RIBnet and include this outstanding community as part of our little network of forums. I've been lurking here for a while and look forward to filling my brain with lot of RIB knowledge so I can make an informed decision on what kind of RIB to get and enjoy the coast here in Southern Brazil.
As John mentioned we will be able to enjoy the best of both worlds, we get to take over the software upgrades, database backups, server security, iPhone & Android app development and other technical tasks while John and the crew will continue to lead the community just like in the past.
You will see some of the people I work with around here including Janet H and Tech Admin. Janet helps me with various odds and ends and Tech Admin (Jeff) is the account our programmer uses.
In the near future we have a few upgrades on the way. We are planning to upgrade to the 3.8.x version of vBulletin software. For those of you who care, we probably won't be upgrading to version 4.x since it's still chocked full or bugs. We had an iPhone & Android app created which will be available for FREE. It's a very simple and fast app that give you access on the go and a great way to attach pics of your RIB and cruises this spring and summer. I think we should also consider installing a system so you can build profile pages for your boats (on auto forums they call this feature a garage). We'll be hanging out and listing to what you all want and throwing out some ideas to see if you think they would be good additions to the site.
I look forward to meeting you all in the years to come.
Andy R
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21 March 2011, 01:55
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,910
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Originally Posted by Andy R
I look forward to meeting you all in the years to come.
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Welcome to RIBnet, Chief
EDIT: Can you ban people too?
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21 March 2011, 02:09
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,030
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Welcome Andy 
An iPhone app sounds great, my only hope is that the forum doesn't become to cluttered with gimmicky stuff, I don't like stuff that's more complicated than it needs to be 
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21 March 2011, 02:28
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Administrator
Country: USA
Town: Florianopolis, Brazil
Boat name: TBD
Length: no boat
Join Date: Dec 2010
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The iPhone app is available already. Just search for "Rigid Inflatable" in the app store and you will find it. In one of the next releases we will update the text so you can search for RIBnet.
The Android app is also available but don't have that bar code thing to post yet. If any Android users find the barcode thing, please post it here as image so others can scan it load the app.
We will setup a page with all the details on how to find both soon.
@martini - We will keep things quite simple.
@willk - I can ban too but the team will continue just like in the past.
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21 March 2011, 03:21
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Lovely part of Brazil you live in. I've stayed in Santos and worked in Sao Paulo and Campinas.
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Looks Slow but is Fast
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club.
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21 March 2011, 07:38
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Administrator
Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
Join Date: May 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy R
The iPhone app is available already. Just search for "Rigid Inflatable" in the app store and you will find it. In one of the next releases we will update the text so you can search for RIBnet.
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Searching for RIBnet worked fine for me via the app store on my phone
Haven't tried via the evil iTunes though.
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21 March 2011, 07:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Sheepy Parva
Boat name: Sadly Sold
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,731
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The iPhone app is available already.
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"Great! I now get to RIBnet anywhere! " My wife says "Great. Now he gets to RIbnet anywhere!  "
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21 March 2011, 09:23
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: swanwick/hamble
Boat name: stormchaser
Make: custom rib
Length: 8m +
Engine: inboard/diesel
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 3,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
Nevermind that-I'm waiting to find out what a hundredfold pay increase and a new uniform means.
I'm hoping it doesn't mean Polwart dressed as Angus Young...
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insider imformation leaked by ribileak say, the unifom's will be either, gold mankini's or black latex body stockings
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