# Charter Members: Who and how many are left? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 1, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708 "2015-08-01T06:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/201 "2015-09-05T13:54:08Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I lost my charter member status when I was a few days late in renewing my membership. I have been around since the AOL message board. Is there anyway to get it back? Same thing happened to me. I am still here, and only mostly dead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/202 "2024-01-03T01:27:17Z")
I’m still here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/203 "2024-01-03T01:34:05Z")
There are currently 382 user names in the Charter Member group. Of those, about 170 (roughly 45%) have posted in the last month. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/204 "2024-01-03T12:24:36Z")
How to tell? Post and see if it shows, I suppose? I mean, I was, but…am I still? Not sure…oh well! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/205 "2024-01-03T12:25:14Z")
So…I guess I still am! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/206 "2024-01-03T13:05:32Z")
Hey, @elbows, we joined on the same day! How about that! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/207 "2024-01-03T16:59:33Z")
And at exactly the same time !! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/208 "2024-01-03T17:03:13Z")
Where does it give the time joined? All I see is the date. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/209 "2024-01-03T17:09:38Z")
Click on their avatar and mouse over the date joined. Note: the time given is based on your local time. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/210 "2024-01-03T18:21:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Click on their avatar and mouse over the date joined. I thought I had and not seen it. I guess I didn’t do it right or something. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Note: the time given is based on your local time. In that case, he joined 3 hours before me. He’s in Ontario and I’m in Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/211 "2024-01-03T18:29:23Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Click on their avatar and mouse over the date joined. > > I thought I had and not seen it. I guess I didn’t do it right or something. - > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Note: the time given is based on your local time. > > In that case, he joined 3 hours before me. He’s in Ontario and I’m in Oregon. Here’s a thread where the time zone weirdness comes up. > [@Discourse Informs Me Today's My Doper Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-informs-me-todays-my-doper-anniversary/982343): > > A piece of cake popped up next to my username. April 7, 1999 was the date of my registration on the Dope. It’s nice to be remembered, even if only by a software program everyone loves to complain about. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/212 "2024-01-03T18:49:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Here’s a thread where the time zone weirdness comes up. Hmmm, based on that thread, if it was 10:00 pm my time, it would have been 1:00 am the next day in @elbows time. And so the same screwiness would have shown up as in that thread. Unless they fixed things, people in the Eastern Time Zone won’t see the cakes until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/213 "2024-01-03T18:55:02Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > There are currently 382 user names in the Charter Member group. Of those, about 170 (roughly 45%) have posted in the last month. Interesting. Thanks. Remember when Zotti considered that to be a State Secret and horrible things would happen if it were disclosed? lol ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/214 "2024-01-03T18:58:29Z")
I’m still waiting to win the tontine. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/215 "2024-01-03T19:28:58Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I’m still waiting to win the tontine. - 🎶 I’m going to live forever…🎶 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/216 "2024-01-03T20:54:07Z")
It is indeed remarkable to discover it’s the same day/time, what a coincidence. Also, am a she, not a he. (No offence taken, I promise!) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/217 "2024-01-03T21:04:22Z")
Well, I’m a Charter, and I posted in the last month, so now we have to find out who the other 169 are … ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/218 "2024-01-03T21:09:16Z")
The first rule about Charter membership is you don’t post about Charter membership. ETA: Oh wait, damnit! ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/219 "2024-01-03T21:39:53Z")
Never a charter member but I am a 99er. I was sad when they changed systems and we lost our member numbers. I think that I was around the 135th person to sign up. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708/220 "2024-01-03T21:40:18Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > It is indeed remarkable to discover it’s the same day/time, what a coincidence. It’s like we’re twins separated at birth or something. Maybe we should get together and have a micro-Dopefest. Well, being 2000+ miles apart may entail some logistic problems. BTW, what time does it say to you? It says Jan 3, 2000 10:00 p.m. for both on my end. If it is converting the time to the local, then yours should say Jan 4, 2000 1:00 a.m. Is that right? > [@elbows](#): > > Also, am a she, not a he. (No offence taken, I promise!) I think at one time I read that in some thread, but forgot it. Just in case you’re wondering, I’m a he. Not that I’d get upset if someone used some other pronoun. (keeping track of all the correct pronouns for everyone on this board is impossible for human brains.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-and-how-many-are-left/726708.md?page=12)