About Us
The purpose of TheRazzLine.net Notice Board is to provide an easily accessible forum for members and users in order to increase access to and communication with our broad community.
TheRazzLine.net is a privately owned business and is not affiliated with any other group, organization or association.
History and Background the Notice Board - TheRazzLine.net
The original Notice Board was started in September 2005 as a facility for members of an email forwarding service to post notices about business related and financial matters. It started as a simple site and was used to promote jobs, rentals, real estate, things for sale, political opinions, etc.
Members were surveyed to discover what was needed and wanted with regard to expanded facilities for the Notice Board. The goal of the surveys was to know what the group most wanted to have on the Board. The most recent survey (Feb 2008) showed a VERY strong reach for classified ads, collections of member recommendations for "Best of" in various categories, a directory, events calendar, message board, barter service and other features.
That survey served as a springboard for the development of the new TheRazzLine.net Notice Board which launched on 08/08/08.
What’s with the name - TheRazzline?
I’ve been asked by members and others why this is called TheRazzLine.
It’s a bit of a long story but I’ve decided to write on how the name came to be and place it here on the site so new members can see and understand where the name comes from.
In my school days, I played a lot of football. Most of the time I played the position of quarterback. (For those of you unfamiliar with the sport of football, from that position the offense is directed. The quarterback normally calls the plays that are run and at the level of play I’m talking about the plays are often made up in the huddle. The quarterback can run with the ball and very often passes the ball to receivers. The position is exciting and creative and can spark a team when played well.)
Well, I was fast and I can throw well (present tense) : ) Anyway, I used to make up some intricate and exciting plays. Sometimes they got to be down right wild.
Soon enough I was labeled with the nickname “Razzle Dazzle”. Later on this got shortened by friends to “Razzle”. Still later the nickname was cut down to “Razz”. The name has been with me ever since.
During the time between 1998 and 2000 I lived in Denver, CO. While there I developed a lot of new friends. I began to acquire a list of email addresses from friends and would stay in touch with them by sharing messages, jokes, announcements, etc. Later, I began to brief them on what was going on in my personal life. I would regularly send out a personal newsletter. I called that The Razz Line.
Come forward in the year 2,000 to when I moved back to Los Angeles from Denver, CO. At that time, what was the genus of the email service I run by the same name was being run by Jenna Ringle. She called it the Communication Station. I was a member while in Denver and continued to be a member in Los Angeles. Jenna ran the line for a few years and decided to turn it over to pursue other activities.
The line continued to grow with new members joining regularly. Interestingly, I found that people had a hard time telling others about the service because they didn’t know how to describe it. It took too much explanation. Being a marketing person at heart, I realized I had an identity problem. So, I decided to handle that by coming up with a name for the service. Well, it was a natural to pick up the title I used before and I labelled the email service TheRazzLine!
I’ve been asked by members and others why this is called TheRazzLine.
It’s a bit of a long story but I’ve decided to write on how the name came to be and place it here on the site so new members can see and understand where the name comes from.
In my school days, I played a lot of football. Most of the time I played the position of quarterback. (For those of you unfamiliar with the sport of football, from that position the offense is directed. The quarterback normally calls the plays that are run and at the level of play I’m talking about the plays are often made up in the huddle. The quarterback can run with the ball and very often passes the ball to receivers. The position is exciting and creative and can spark a team when played well.)
Well, I was fast and I can throw well (present tense) : ) Anyway, I used to make up some intricate and exciting plays. Sometimes they got to be down right wild.
Soon enough I was labeled with the nickname “Razzle Dazzle”. Later on this got shortened by friends to “Razzle”. Still later the nickname was cut down to “Razz”. The name has been with me ever since.
During the time between 1998 and 2000 I lived in Denver, CO. While there I developed a lot of new friends. I began to acquire a list of email addresses from friends and would stay in touch with them by sharing messages, jokes, announcements, etc. Later, I began to brief them on what was going on in my personal life. I would regularly send out a personal newsletter. I called that The Razz Line.
Come forward in the year 2,000 to when I moved back to Los Angeles from Denver, CO. At that time, what was the genus of the email service I run by the same name was being run by Jenna Ringle. She called it the Communication Station. I was a member while in Denver and continued to be a member in Los Angeles. Jenna ran the line for a few years and decided to turn it over to pursue other activities.
The line continued to grow with new members joining regularly. Interestingly, I found that people had a hard time telling others about the service because they didn’t know how to describe it. It took too much explanation. Being a marketing person at heart, I realized I had an identity problem. So, I decided to handle that by coming up with a name for the service. Well, it was a natural to pick up the title I used before and I labelled the email service TheRazzLine!
The need grew for a notice board to handle business matters. I created a web site and called it TheRazzLine.net. Based on surveys for expanded services needed and wanted by the members this new and expanded Notice Board was created.
There you have it, the history of the name and the service.
Best, Ray McKay — RAZZ
There you have it, the history of the name and the service.
Best, Ray McKay — RAZZ