JDiver is now an evangelist
 

....and is a truly stellar example of someone who consistently and cheerfully shares his wealth of travel knowledge. Whether I'm learning about travel in Africa, American Airlines, Hilton, or South America, JDiver is there sharing his extensive knowledge.

His posts on this AA thread, perhaps his first as an evangelist, exemplifies his consistent helpfulness. He fields - yet again - the question of what benefits 2MM brings on AA.

Many congrat's to jdiver!!!

Congratulations from all of us on the AA forum ^

Congrats, JDiver! ^

I'm getting there... :eek:

:eek: :p

I'll get there one of these days. If I do the math, it's about 3 years.

JDiver, thanks for contributing; and, making FT a better place.

Congrats! So many contribs to FT, both by the heavy and the light posters, make this a great place; and the heavy posters help maintain a consistent tone, spirit, and character.

As a humble newbie to FT (especially when looking at the post count of the other posters on this thread), I've received the benefit of JDiver's advice and wisdom many times.

Thank you!

It's a well-deserved title ^

I guess I should know the answer to this but don't have a clue..

what is an evangelist?

An evangelist has 10,000 posts or more on FT.

And I might add this definition of evangelist:

(noun) one who attempts to convert others to a specific way of life, set of ideas, or course of action
• (synonym) missionary, apostle, colporteur, missioner, propagandist
• (related) revivalist, promoter

So in the context of FlyerTalk, I would assume that an Evangelist would be one who promotes this website and encourages others to participate here.

JDiver -- Congratulations. Although I don't spend much time on the AA board your posts have been most helpful; especially prior to my trip to Antarctica.

I've only really lurked in the AA forum, but I've always enjoyed and learned from JDiver's posts.

Thanks; congratulations,;and very nice job!

Looking forward to more ...

And besides all that, actually contributes good info that others can learn from (which leaves BJ out - tee-hee). Congrats JDiver! Cheers.

Well done, JDiver; I moving to AA for the rest of the year, so I am sure I will see you on the AA Forum now and again!

JDiver is humbled and embarrassed!
 

Eeek! They're talking about me! :eek:

My ears are very red this morning - my curiosity was aroused by a mysterious link on the AA Forum, and... I'm very humbled. (A good feeling as I leave the home office to go do a tricky workplace intervention.)

I really haven't given anything to FT and its members I have not received myself. I lurked and learned, sometimes I saw a question I could actually answer, and it all grew into a feeling of online community. That was familiar, as I was online initially with a local users' group, then helping with volunteer duties moderating on GEnie, later assistant sysop on CompuServe's Travel Forum. Sigh - all of it part of cyberhistory, I'm afraid. But FT continues, and it has the same general feel and helpfulness to others as GEnie and CIS.

Anything that makes us better travelers and brings this global community together is a good thing, IMO. We undoubtedly have different values, ideas, perspectives - but it's always instructive to hear how others see things, to extend ourselves and meet them. It's hackneyed to say travel is broadening, but it is in so many ways; I began when I was a child, sometimes just getting away from home for a day by taking the "Ometochtli" (one rabbit) communal bus to nearby Tepotzlán, observing and soaking up the different language (Nahuatl,) customs, ways of doing things... and it became addicting.

So here I am, an immigrant from Mexico in the armed forces sitting on a tour bus in Japan who met a woman from Connecticut (teaching for the Dept. of Defense,) and all of a sudden it's 40+ years later... and the challenges are the same: making enough time to travel, narrowing down where it will be next (that place I want to return to so I can see / learn more, or someplace new; land-based, or diving - this is my 50th year of scuba diving,) learning more, on occasion having the opportunity to pass it on. It's been a milestone year all around.

Now that I've had the pleasure of meeting a few FTers, once at a mini-do, on occasion in an airport (yeah, those yellow tags do make us more visible.) It'll soon be time to plan attending a full do to meet more of you! Thanks to you all, to Randy for offering this wonderful forum, and here's to personalization, communications, meeting each other halfway and peace.

Cheers, José / JDiver

(I really did not start out to write a plurry speech - just to say "thanks! It's great to be here.")

Congrats JDiver! Your posts are truly informative. ^

Lessee... 300 posts on glassware, 200 on stinky drains, 250 on airlines you don't fly anymore... wow it DOES add up quickly doesn't it. ;) I'm willing to bet you'll be an Evangelist by October. Can't wait to see what comes next! No matter what the post they're always good for a smile. :D

CONGRATULATIONS JDIVER! you do the Evangelist 'license-plate' proud!

^ Congrats from me, too.

Wow, what a lot of posts 10.000 is. I will need another 20 years or so...

Please do report what kind of super-elite membership pack you recieve from the house of miles... :)

I was on GEnie for a few years (travel and police forums). It was my first on line service back in 1992. I even went to a get together in Houston one year--maybe 93 or 94 (could you have been there?). BowdenJ who is on FT was also on GEnie back then in the travel forum. Their Aladdin software would sure have been nice for FT :)

Kinda reminds me of Ryan Seacrest getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

No, I didn't make any of the GEnie events, though I did make a couple of CompuServe Travel Forum events in D.C. and NYC. On GEnie iI was present on the travel and scuba diving fora. I distinguished myself with a typo everyone picked up on, seemingly, when I used the word "tarvel" several times. And yes, Aladdin was super - let it do the heavy lifting at night, next day what you wanted was there to look over and reply to - very useful in the days of slow connections.

GEnie folks! It's a small world!

JDIVER, you are certainly welcome!
 

I've learned so much from FT. Working toward my million AA miles, I got depressed on the subject. JDiver pulled me out of my funk. I made my million and am moving ahead to a 2nd. When I joined FT I would not have believed it at all possible.

Thanks to all you helped along the way!

Congratulations JDiver! You are the man!