OK, say this coming April I am a bit of a dumb@$$ and I forget to renew my subscription so I go to inactive mode.
When I pony back up the dough will I lose my Charter Member status with all the perks and whatnot?
Specifically, will Join Date and Posts be reset?
Will we receive advance notification of subscription renewal? 
I’m afraid the answer to your question is “We dunno.” Because we haven’t gotten there yet.
But I would think that once you re-up your subscription, it just picks up where it left off, so to speak, and all continues as is.
As for notification, we’re not sure about that, either, but I would guess that some sort of nag screen will pop up as you get closer to that expiration date. We’ll see when we get there.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
Or close to being there, anyway.
Do I get a prize for stumping the administration? (Something that isnt comparable to a boot in the arse I hope)
No worries. I will jsut have to remember to renew at half price 
Stumping us – well, me, anyway – is not difficult. The line forms to the right, join the club, no pushing or shoving.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
I have another question about Charter Members that probably doesn’t deserve its own thread.
When we switched to a pay board, I was under the impression that only members that paid within a certain timeframe (that month, I think) would be designated “Charter Members” and newcomers and late-payers would get some other title.
Did this idea get scrapped or was it just hearsay/never an official stance?
Does anybody know?
Looks like it might have been a plan initially but it was never adhered to and there is now no distinction between the initial subscribers and the people who paid later except for the former’s lower subscription rates.
My question is, what do we have to do to achieve the much-vaunted Gold Dong Member status? Because I’d pay, like, $29.95 for that. Seriously.