# Accidentally let my membership lapse- can I renew as a charter member? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 23, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587 "2011-06-23T18:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/1 "2011-06-23T18:25:40Z")
I somehow didn’t notice it was subscription re-up time. Can I renew at the Charter Member rate? ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/2 "2011-06-23T19:07:23Z")
i totally screwed up and did the same… ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/3 "2011-06-23T19:12:50Z")
I know it’s too late for either of you, but whenever I see a message from someone who has let their SDMB subscription lapse, I quickly check mine to see if I can renew. And if I didn’t do that, I would have certainly let mine lapse at some stage. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/4 "2011-06-23T21:23:43Z")
_In the end, there can be only ONE!_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/5 "2011-06-23T21:48:15Z")
(Quickly checks…) I’m good until 5/13, which is as far in advance as TPTB will let me pay. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/6 "2011-06-23T21:55:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > (Quickly checks…) I’m good until 5/13, which is as far in advance as TPTB will let me pay. If you mean May, 2013, then that’s just your current 2-year subscription. You can go in and purchase additional subscriptions to keep extending the date. I am currently paid up through 5/20/2015. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/7 "2011-06-23T21:58:19Z")
Well, it was well in advance when I paid for it, which was a couple of years ago. 😉 Off to see if I can get it into the next decade. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/8 "2011-06-24T22:21:27Z")
Send me an email. I’ll go plead your case with Ed. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/9 "2011-06-26T22:55:13Z")
Any Charter Member who missed the boat and wishes to resubscribe, please send me an email. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/10 "2011-06-27T17:31:39Z")
I think I’m good but just in case (off to check…) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/11 "2011-06-27T17:36:05Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Any Charter Member who missed the boat and wishes to resubscribe, please send me an email. I’d like to be a Charter Member again, but I didn’t just recently let my subscription slip. It slipped a couple of years ago so I figured the horse had left that barn for good. Or is he wandering back? Non-analogy version: Does that include anyone who was once a Charter Member no matter how long ago they lapsed? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587/12 "2011-06-27T18:51:24Z")
Hey mister, is this your horse? Or is it a horse of a different color? Send me an email and let’s find out.