Socks Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well People. The 27th September 2013 is finally here, meaning we have been available to you Starlet Owners for 1 Year now! Despite the highs and lows of the first year, we have made some huge steps, learnt a lot and expanded further then any of us thought we could do!Thank You to ALL, of you guys. Members, Club Members, The Moderation Team, Traders & Fellow Staff. We wouldn't be here now without you all, lets hope we can push this great atmosphere into its second year!So, lets recap on a few points and achievements in our first year!We Are A Non Profit OrganisationThis is a very important part of the club and we feel it needs to be kept this way to ensure the club runs consistent and smoothly. We don't mask anything, we are truthful and clear. We are doing this for the Toyota Starlet Scene here in the UK and because we enjoy doing so. There are a few points I would like to point out though:UKSO will never demand for donations from its membersUKSO will never demand full membership to use the website from its membersUKSO will not automatically take membership upon time of renewal without authorisation from its membersUKSO has its own financial accounts, nobody is taking proceeds, any funds generated are put back into UKSO & the Starlet CommunityThe Quality of your CommunityAll the major staff members have full time jobs and help run and maintain ukso as a hobby for people to share interests. Although we've had a few issues with certain members this year, we want to try and maintain a free and friendly atmosphere here on ukso. We always try and be fair and have implemented new rules part way through the year for members, traders and staff to try and make sure it stays that way.The website itself has moved through many phases since being launched. Always running the latest clean and smooth version of Invision Power Board, allowing members to easily navigate the board and its many features easily from there PC, Laptop or Mobile Device!We have taken so many suggestions on board from members and if any member finds a bug or has an issue we try to sort it or help out as quickly as we can! Part way through the year we have also moved to a far superior server. Giving you a lightning quick community to use! No one likes waiting for pages to loads!We also added many new sections into the forum as well as adding an easy to use Wiki for content to stay safe and accessible at all times. A fresh new store making it very easy to become a full member and purchase event tickets and merchandise. A Calendar to remind you of events and a full performance leaderboard!Club MembershipClub Membership is set at the minimal charge of £1.95. This is such a minimal amount that is purely another way for members to show support to there club. We have had over 350+ people join up to support UKSO in the first year alone. People may already be getting reminders via e-Mail from us that renewal time is coming up, if they wish to do so.Official TradersWe have invited many new traders that specialise in certain areas of the Starlet scene to offer our members many additional services. On top of offering services, they offer discounts for club members, support and advice on the forum to members and much more. They play a huge part in the Starlet Community and we will continue to bring in new traders who offer unique services that aren't already catered for!Major Shows & EventsThis is something we have absolutely perfected now we feel, we've had such a strong presence at all the major Japanese Car Shows. Getting huge recognition by show organisers and magazines such as "Banzai" and "Japanese Performance Magazine" offering members full features. We had the most amount of Starlets in one place at the same time at Japfest. We won Best Club Stand at Japfest 2. Despite the weather, JAE was still an amazing atmosphere and everyone that went loved every minute of it!Club MerchandiseWe have worked with 'Stick-2-It' all year and have brought you many pieces of merchandise this year. Josh himself has also come up with many limited edition designs and offered them all to UKSO at very good rates. We are going to continue into the 2nd year bringing you more merch and we are going to be doing a giveaway also, more details on this below!Social MediaSuch a powerful tool these days, that we have expanded to be another separate half of this huge community. Just having past 4100 Likes in only 1 year, this is a huge achievement and we are very appreciative to you all. We can reach over 35,000 people a day with this, so you will get noticed. We will continue to feature peoples starlet related media on there every day of the week! On top of this we push Traders Special Offers and Group Buys on there, drawing in more audience and making there stay on UKSO worthwhile!UKSO TrafficMany people don't realise what an absolutely huge community UK Starlet Owners is, we keep track and record all of our visitors to the site. We believe we are the biggest Starlet Owners Club in the world now and we are continuing to grow at a stable and consistent pace. We have traffic coming to us from over 100 countries also, we are certainly not tied just within the UK!Giveaway Time!We are finishing the year strong with the last major piece of merchandise for this year... Official UK Starlet Owners Keyrings! 50 Free Keyrings, Thank You!We will be offering 50 Free Keyrings, to the First 50 People To Process The Code!This Giveaway is Limited To Club Members Only.Keyrings will be available to Non-Club Members After 50 Have Been Given Away! The Free Code is '1YEARMYFRIEND' View Keyrings In The Store Here Final Thank YouSo there we are, a quick re-cap of the highlights of our first year.Big Thank You again to you all, we hope to keep progressing as a family through our second year to make your stay here online and at events as good as possible! Claimed Keyrings - Updated 12:23am 27/09/20131. Trisk2. Lewis.3. morgey4. PaulStarletSR5. uberphil886. James217. drongo boi8. Patches9. StarletSr?10. chrisgreen199311. akyakapotter12. russ7813. Hair14. D3NO15. TurboTobz16. _shaun_17. ryan lang18. tatep8219. Greenmachine8120. JayJ21. T-dog22. MARC MOSS23. Flynn24. templar200725. Banbury Glanza26. jimmymac10127. maddox71028. Matt187829. Samantha197930. Flintygt31. StuDoc 7232. DavidAshton33. redz1134. glanzagee35. 1990timeismoney36. garrygt37. daniel_g38. Vincent-ep9139. Glanza Mac40. karl.41. Ollieh1742. Raffa-MK43. pick144. Billy SR46. Whitecurrant47. vizzioarts48. Hawwy49. Sefton-EP9150. Rob H Kind RegardsUK Starlet Owners Staff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 We rock. Well done to everyone! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lewis. Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well done guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Woo happy 1st birthday (nearly) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulStarletSR Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 smashin! free keyring on its way to me lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StarletSr? Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Thanks guys!! Happy Birthday UKSO! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Green Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Awesome! Really appreciate all the helpful information received throughout the year. Happy Birthday UKSO! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well done guys top first year happy birthday UKSO here's to many many many more years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sheehy StarletGT Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well done lads Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Sweet they're cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatep82 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 top work guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenmachine81 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Well done guys keep up the good work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JayJ Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Wow, one year has gone so fast, HBD! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Good work and happy birthday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
T-dog Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Top work guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flynn Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Happy birfdeeeee UKSO! X Quote Link to post Share on other sites
templar2007 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I so glad we moved Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banbury Glanza Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Congrats lads, the site just keeps getting better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 A year already?! Time flys when your having fun ;)Great write up matt! Lets make the second year bigger and better!Nice key rings by the way ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt1878 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Love this place and all of you guys on it too much!This will be home for a long time to come! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Well done. It's been rocky. But it's been good. Here's to the next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StuDoc 72 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Great idea to make this for members. Keyrings look quality aswell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garrygt Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Couldnt imagine being without this site now. Im on it all day everyday! Keep up the good work...and cheers for the free keyring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Thank you to our members you are what make this all worth while and as stated it's nice to be able to GIVE something back Here's to next years show season, get your asses along and actually meet everyone John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vincent-ep91 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Awesome, this club brought new life into the starlet scene with social networking, new meets at shows and the likes. But can the club set up a section on the site that recognizes and details the old Japanese built starlets, there specs and company info that built the cars..? Thanks for the free keyring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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