The Acorn Cafe
About
What is the Acorn Cafe?
The Acorn Cafe is the heart and soul of the Rescue Ranger Fan Community. Though it serves as a place where members of the community can display their art and stories the point can also be made that the primary function of the Acorn Cafe is to serve as an assembly or meeting hall for the fans to come together and joke and communicate in a relaxed and supportive environment.
What is it like there?
Inside the fandom the Acorn Cafe has taken on the collective mental image of being a proverbial cafe', complete with drinks, tables, booths, and a comfy couch in front of a 46-inch LCD television. Further revisions have included such additions as the stairwell from the "Titanic" and an archival library.
What does it look like?
Though it has had several guises over the decades the Acorn Cafe exists today as a phpBB styled board, complete with all of the features that style of construction allows.
The board itself is divided into several sections.
The RRt (art) Board is a place where community members can post their latest pieces for comment and display and also in the hope of getting assistance with final revisions.
The Off-Topic section is a place where members of the fandom can converse about everyday topics not specifically related to the Rescue Rangers. The conversations are always polite, usually witty, and every so often...enlightening.
The Story Board is for those members of the community with a talent for writing to display their works. Some of the most noted pieces of Rescue Ranger fan-fiction have been first posted for the world to enjoy on the Acorn Cafe, a trait that continues in this section.
The Acorn Cafe board is the namesake for which the entire site is named. Here members of the fandom discuss issues raised by the canon, inform each other about Rescue Ranger news, and share humor based on the series.
Who runs this place?
Since moving to phpBB, the Acorn Cafe is run by Stephen Clouse, the administrator, and Dr. Indy, the first moderator.
Who can join the Acorn Cafe?
The Acorn Cafe is open to all whom share an interest in Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers, though even this requirement is not written in stone. Several members had no true knowledge of the series before joining but today are just as dedicated to the series and fandom as any other!
History
(I hope this won't stay the only entry here. When more come, feel free to change the format.)
December 29, 2002: The first annual Golden Acorn Awards ceremonies are held.
Iconography
Awards
The Acorn Cafe hasn't only spawned the Golden Acorn Awards, but it has received some of them itself.
2004 Golden Acorn Awards: Best All-Time Website
2005 Golden Acorn Awards: Most Informative Website, Best All-Time Website
