# Anyone else lose their Charter Member status?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777
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**Created:** [September 3, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777 "2008-09-03T00:07:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/1 "2008-09-03T00:07:36Z")
I did, for some reason …
Join Date: 11-22-2000
Never lapsed in paying the annual subscription fee.
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### Author:  [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/2 "2008-09-03T00:19:09Z")
Yes, I lost mine as well and I’ve paid up regularly every year since the board went pay to post. Hopefully, it’s just a minor glitch.
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### Author:  [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/3 "2008-09-03T00:19:46Z")
I found this in Jerry’s message dated today:
> [@](#):
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> 1. Customizations for Charter Members / Members/ Guests such as location display, top nav bar options, etc. may need to be reapplied.
I lost my Charter Member designation too. Please reapply it.
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/4 "2008-09-03T00:35:08Z")
> [@Johanna](#):
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> I found this in Jerry’s message dated today:
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> I lost my Charter Member designation too. Please reapply it.
All will happen in the fullness of time but let Jerry get the board stable and fast first.
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### Author:  [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/5 "2008-09-03T01:18:30Z")
I am now a guest for some reason. I should be a member.
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### Author:  [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/6 "2008-09-03T01:19:56Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> All will happen in the fullness of time but let Jerry get the board stable and fast first.
Seconded, I could care less if it called me a “guest” right now but could still post and read. I know eventually things will get sorted out, and what is under our names is somewhere near the bottom of the priority list.
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### Author:  [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/7 "2008-09-03T01:21:52Z")
I’m still cha-ter. 😃
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### Author:  [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/8 "2008-09-03T02:27:34Z")
Let’s see…
Well. It seems I still belong to the aristocracy, peasants.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/9 "2008-09-03T02:30:38Z")
I’m still a charter member…
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### Author:  [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/10 "2008-09-03T02:33:18Z")
…what my status is.
Okay. Good to know. Charter(ed Bus) status for me. Cool.
Posting abilities: check.
No ads: check.
Chillin’ ‘til Jerry gets the board groovin’: mondo check.
We cool. 🆒
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### Author:  [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/11 "2008-09-03T02:44:38Z")
I rarely post but I kept mine. Maybe you guys just post too much. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/12 "2008-09-03T02:50:27Z")
Perhaps your charter member certificate was issued on paper similar to paper made for cash register rolls. That paper fades in short order.
True charter member certificates are issued on parchment. The ink, however, remains a closely guarded secret, but I hear blood is involved.
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/13 "2008-09-03T02:51:29Z")
Just testing… first post on the new server. Very exciting!
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/14 "2008-09-03T02:56:39Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#):
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> Just testing… first post on the new server. Very exciting!
Testing as well
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### Author:  [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/15 "2008-09-03T03:35:36Z")
Test post to see if anything’s screwy with my account.
e: Nope, s’all good.
e2: looking at postcount, did I really make like 150 posts during the FFA weekend? Huh, looks like it!
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/16 "2008-09-03T03:39:45Z")
Testing too.
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### Author:  [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/17 "2008-09-03T03:47:41Z")
Test post. Test post in _Chrome_. Ooh, that’s big.
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### Author:  [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/18 "2008-09-03T03:54:10Z")
Testing, I’m seeing “Member” in my user CP.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/19 "2008-09-03T04:31:03Z")
I should try this too…
ETA: Phew! Looks like I’m okay. Guess my parchment didn’t fade. 😃
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### Author:  [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-lose-their-charter-member-status/461777/20 "2008-09-03T04:49:59Z")
Just testing
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