Could I possibly get "charter membership" status?

I was around long before the whole pay-scheme came around, and I was a charter member when it happened, but my subscription lapsed for a while when I was in money troubles. I couldn’t really justify the cost at the time. Is there anyway to get it? You can check my join date! It goes back to 2003.

If it’s any consolidation, it’s just a title.

Unless things have changed recently, the answer will be no. A while back someone posted the same question after his Charter membership had lapsed and he was late by only a few days. The answer was still no. Sorry.

ah okay, well if there’s a precedent, then that’s the end of it.

There was a short amnesty period where those who just missed re-upping for one reason or other got another chance to have the Charter put back in front of Member – but that was ages ago. I think the door’s been closed, as the others said.

Yeah, they were nice about it if you missed it by a few days for the first two years only.