# Charter Members who haven't posted in years-how do they maintain their title? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 14, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561 "2017-05-14T00:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/41 "2017-05-29T13:05:19Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > … > Anyone else thinking bagel penis? 🙂 > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > :eek: > > You remember that? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Who _doesn’t?_ > > Your description was a tad…_vivid._ > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The appearance was a tad . . . _vivid._ > > 😃 > [@silenus](#): > > We ALL remember that. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Personally, I have been trying hard to forget! > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > This. I didn’t even read the full description and I remember it. > … As a courtesy to the rest of us who may have missed this gem from 2004: [My patient's bizarre penis - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273825). 3+ pages of fine vintage SDMB. Plus a short pointless revival in 2012. I was around then but somehow I missed it. The good news is bagel penises age well. At least in Dope-space; IRL it might not have aged as well. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/42 "2017-05-29T14:29:13Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I missed the deadline for renewing my charter membership one year so now I’m just a regular member. Still bums me out a bit. Yeah, I was a very low number user (after years on a.f.c-a) but was away during the charter member time, and… it’s always bugged me. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/43 "2017-05-29T15:05:54Z")
There’s no glory in it. I’m a Charter Member, like my father and his father before him. Charting and membing are in our blood. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/44 "2017-05-30T03:15:15Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I missed the deadline for renewing my charter membership one year so now I’m just a regular member. Still bums me out a bit. This happened to me too. Exact. So I became a mod. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/45 "2017-05-30T05:20:11Z")
I never let my charter membership expire. After I became a mod, eventually the charter membership timer expired. Even though I was a moderator at that point, the system said my charter membership had expired, and since I hadn’t renewed it, the system dutifully punted me back to being a guest, completely removing all of my mod powers in the process. I got better. (actually one of the admins fixed it) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/46 "2017-05-30T16:49:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Mods and former mods have a permanent Charter Membership. That also goes for members of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board. The late **Q.E.D.** , a SDSAB member who passed away some years ago, is still listed as a Charter Member. Do mods get permanent Charter Member status even if they weren’t a Charter Member (they joined the Board too late) or do they just get permanent Member status? Doesn’t a Charter Membership have to have been started in a certain time period? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/47 "2017-06-02T02:26:04Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Do mods get permanent Charter Member status even if they weren’t a Charter Member (they joined the Board too late) or do they just get permanent Member status? Doesn’t a Charter Membership have to have been started in a certain time period? The first. They are Charter Members for life, no matter what they were before, no matter what the case was, no matter if they were Charter Members before and just let it lapse or if they were never ever Charter Members to begin with. And no (to your second question). A person can be made Charter Member at any time, but the rub is, that doesn’t happen anymore. It was said to only be for those first early subscribers and it won’t be changed. Trust me, I asked really nicely when mine accidentally expired and was told no, just like every other person is that it happens to. It may seem harsh, but it’s just one of those things that “it was said this is how it’s gonna be and we’re gonna stick to our guns”…can’t really fault them for that. The only exception (which I didn’t even know or expect–my post above in this topic was a joke) is when a person is a mod…their “bonus/payment”, of sorts, is lifetime Charter Membership. Well, that and a mug. In their words “it’s the least we can do for the people who volunteer to help mod this place”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/48 "2017-06-03T20:32:59Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > There’s no glory in it. I’m a Charter Member, like my father and his father before him. Charting and membing are in our blood. I just chart and memb for fun; I’m no professional. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561.md?page=2)