Hey there and welcome, Randall. Read up a bit to see how to get the site to work for you. The initial post saying hi is good, but you really will do a lot better searching for people and sending PM's / IM's to the ones that interest you.
If you care to join us here on the forum just to add in your opinions here and there, you are welcomed to do that as well. Experience shows us those that participate on the forums tend to find people faster than those that don't...... but then again, since they are posting in the forums, the ones that don't post we don't know about