November 27th marks not only the Thanksgiving Holiday for 2008, but it also bears special significance for the JOhio G.I. Joe Collectors' Club. Today is the one year anniversary since the website went live.

Originally opening under the domain name of "JOhio.org",  the online website was the brainchild of Rock Passio, a member of the "NEO", or North East Ohio "Chapter" of the group. After meeting some of the other local collectors from JOhio and hanging out with them in Atlanta, GA for "JoeCon '07", he noticed the untapped potential that a website could bring to the group, in so far as spreading the message along and helping to organize events and recruit membership.

The website turned out to be the catalyst that developed the group into what it later became. Monthly meetings had never been held before, and by February 2008 they became a regular feature of the group. The actual size of membership doubled, then tripled, and then sixtupeled.  In August 2008 the group's website was added to the Official Hasbro Sponsored G.I. Joe Collectors' Club website, under the listings of official local chapters.

In October of '08 the website purchased the JOhio.com domain name, and now uses it as it's official URL. In the first year of existence, the website and the group surpassed the membership numbers of every other known local group of Joe collectors in the U.S.A.