I thought I’d lost that badge forever; Thanks to those who made this possible! 
What prompted the SDMB to change the rule?
AFAIK, there has been no rule change. Shoulda kept your mouth shut. Quick, edit it out!
Grrrr. I have no idea why I’m not a charter member. I must’ve missed a payment sometime or something. I’ve been visiting and posting on this board since it was on AOL. Granted, until recently I’ve been mostly lurking, but that shouldn’t make a difference.
I didn’t get restored. What gives?
Why is it important?
Oh dear. Why do I get the feeling you’ve started something?
Charter members get to resubscribe at a lower price.
So, that would make you … beneath us ?
The reason I bring this up was the result of being late with the renewal payment last year (or the year before) which lead to my demotion.
My wife never forwarded the expiration notice of to me (she thinks the SDMB is a waste of time anyway :smack: ) and by the time I found out it was too late.
So maybe I shouldn’t have said anything. On the other hand, “Charter Member” does have a certain ring to it, doesn’t it? Hell, I don’t care about the membership rate—it’s the principle of it…oh hell who am I kidding? It’s an ego thang…
Hunh. I thought it was for the sandwiches and foot rubs.
SDMB a waste of time!?! I’m shocked - shocked, I say!
Yeah, I’m not a Charter Member of anything else, so it is indeed an ego thang.
Yeah, I lost mine a while back too. Hey, which reminds me, is it about time to renew?
I didn’t get rechartered, but I did notice a change. I actually registered on leap day 2000, but at one point the software upgrades changed it to March. But now I am back to February, Woohoo.
I just checked my renewal date. I subscribed on 3/29 and my renewal date is 4/29. Where did the extra month come from?
Didn’t we get a month free when we first signed up? Or did I just imagine that?
Mods? Anyone?
Click on “Subscribe” and find out.
I think there was a huge subscription drive, telling everyone that they could subscribe at any time, and that the payment went into effect for April 29th (the 28th was the deadline). So all charter members would have an April 28/29 renewal, though you might have paid before that… you can pre-pay up to two years, and those payments just kick in on the date that your previous one expires on.
There wasn’t a month free, but I think it took a good month for everything to be worked out properly. The bonus was a life-time of half-price membership and the “Charter member” title. People who didn’t pay by the Apr 28 deadline could stay on for a month, but then they would lose the ability to post… basically, they became guests, but I think they retained their ability to search.
That’s how I remember it, anyways!
Thanks for the reminder. A couple of clicks and…renewed for another year!