Thanks Jim, I am putting my information in today!

Great job!!!

 

Awesome, Jim... I had sent you an email awhile back asking to join, but I never did get a response. What do I do to join?

 

I apologize Jon send me another email with your full name and your primary email address and I will get it set up tonight for you,


I have a few others that i will be doing as well. Thank You every one for making the RHN what it is!

 

Good Job, as always Brother. What info do you need to sign me up?

 

I sent an email last week and it was returned as undeliverable. Is there something I am missing. Thanks.

 

Great job Jim!

Great to know the site is back up and working properly, definitely a great resource!!

 

I thought that you were already a member? I will call you tomorrow anyway,

I got your email this am I will set you up very shortly.

I want to Thank all of you for making the RHN what it is, Please do not forget Bob he is a huge part of the RHN as well. I could not have done this without him.

Also a reminder to read the conditions in which you have to meet in order to join, I have had to tell a couple of people "sorry but you do not meet the criteria for the RHN"

 

Thanks for keeping this going Jim, its an amazing insurance policy for the traveling community. Just updated mine to reflect the current, thanks again Jim.

 

Thanks Jim, bookmark updated!

 

I have both a SD and an OBS, RHN has been a valuable tool for me, I am thinking water pump coming home from RRE'09. It is always good to know who is willing to help when you have issues on the road. Again thanks to Jim and Bob for organizing and everyone who has signed up to help. (Chase you are always welcome in my shop, even with an OBS)LOL

 

Chase, you were teh first person to help me when I posted here close to 2 years ago, and you are the last one I want to see go for that reason.

That said, I think Jim and Bob have a difficult balancing act to handle, for two reasons. The first being what it is in the tech world, ID theft is rampant, and while what is there isnt everything needed, its a fair start to a sesoned hack. Second, there are flat nutjobs out there, and who knows what they might do with it. One other thing that weighs in, i am 99.9% certain if my wife is driving through your neck of the woods, I want someone I can trust to help, and that would be you.

I think the whole RHN has evolved over time, the initial entry requirements were reasonable and to the point, but its expanding as trucks are retired for whatever reason, but that does not discount your knowledge, or the trust you have earned over time.

I beleive Jim and Bob are working hard to keep the brotherhood together, but still have to be diligent on new entries, as Jim said in his appologies, once you in, your in, you don't just get fired for changing trucks.

Anyhow, my 2 cents, and I hope you stick around Chase.

 

You better not leave! The knowledge and experience that you have will most definitely be of help to others, even here on the '99-'03 7.3 site. Besides, you still have a 7.3 to work on, MINE!

It's sad that a person who is volunteering his time, expertise and possibly other assets gets chastised for not responding quickly to emails. We don't know what is taking his time and should be patient to wait for a reply. I'm certain that it isn't being ignored.

Tom, I agree with you that the RHN has evolved much during its short life. The main concern that I remember being stated was abuse of the information and that is why the requirements were set to what they were. And since the members had late 7.3 engines, that is what the membership was limited to. But now that we see that the safety of the information has been good, opening RHN to OBS 7.3s seems sensible because they also have knowledge about the 7.3. Also, former owners didn't sell their expertise with their truck, so it makes sense to keep them on board.

I don't see opening it to all Ford truck owners as that would dilute the knowledge base and could make all sorts of problems. If other groups want to start their own help site more power to them. If we want to take part in their site we can join their group and then their site.

 

I remember thinking that good thought had gone into the original criteria for membership to the RHN to prevent possible abuses of information.

Those of us that submitted our personal information to the RHN did so after being comfortable with the rules in place at the time that we did.

It doesn't seem right to later modify (maybe "relax" is a better word) those rules without first letting those whose info is there to make the decision to withdraw if they no longer feel comfortable with the criteria for access.

If things are going to be different than when they first understood them, I believe they should be given that option.

That said, I have no objection to the inclusion of the OBS crew, otherwise so qualified.

(Not that we're taking a "vote" on this).

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Brotherhood(n) : The state or relationship of being brothers, Fellowship, An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes, All the members of a profession or trade.

Im new to this site and I have never seen a debate like this turn personal. FTE is known for being objective and helpful. This name calling and arguing will just turn away new members to the site.

My opinion, looking objectively, is that if there were changes made there should be notification sent to members and a new "terms of agreement" electronically sent. This way a person not for the changes could get out of it.

Also I believe that help should not be given based on what someone drives... I understand the concept behind RHN, but some well qualified SD and Diesel mechanics dont drive a SD or even a diesel, and by refusing their help, it is doing nothing but hurting the Network.

I dont think exclusion was the goal when the rules were set up... I dont take it personal that I am a newbie and underqualified to be a part of it, even though I could simply bring a part to a person.

I hope this comes to a civilized conclusion. Just keep in mind how potential site members might feel reading this and getting the impression that they will get flamed based on their "qualification."

Thanks for all everyone does. Just my 2 cents.

 

Guys lets all let this go. Please........ Chase and I have been talking via PM's and all is ok. I made a mistake and it was misunderstood. There is nothing that I would not do for him as he is a brother to me as any of you are too.

The RHN with the inclusion of the OBS guys has to potential to be something bigger than we ever imagined. Two years ago when we "resurrected" it it was going to be just a emailed database and look what we have now! I am in the process of doing some more stuff with it too. Like hogging any domain name that I can for it. .com . info . whatever

Mitch Thank you for the reminder of what a brotherhood is all about!