# How many Charter Members are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 18, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465 "2009-07-18T19:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [August 4, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/161 "2009-08-04T17:46:25Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Speaking as a system administrator, I’d be content with defining “active” as caring enough to log in once a year to maintain the “Charter Member” subscription. So then a Guest who averages a couple of posts a day over that period isn’t active? To continue the hijack of my own thread while we wait for **TubaDiva** to answer the OP, I would define active as having made at least one post in the previous 30 days. I wouldn’t include lurkers who never post as active, which isn’t to say that I don’t consider them more than welcome to lurk all they want. ---
**Author:** ![arjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@arjee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arjee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/162 "2009-08-04T17:51:10Z")
Here’s my one post for the 30 days. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/163 "2009-08-06T16:17:26Z")
I’d still like an answer to my OP. BTW, we just enabled the active user feature on the Giraffe Boards which also uses VB albeit a more recent revision than the SDMB. The default defines an active user as someone who has logged on in the previous 30 days. They just have to view the board and don’t have to make a post to be considered active. The number of days to be considered active can be set to any number by an Administrator. Looking up the information is trivial and would literally take less than a minute. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/164 "2009-08-06T22:36:56Z")
I’m a charter member and have been here since 2000. I almost never post now. I agree that counting people based on this thread is not going to give an accurate number. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/165 "2009-08-07T04:21:50Z")
_waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/166 "2009-08-07T18:49:12Z")
I am not a charter member, but puzzled: Why is **robby** ’s [Post 155](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11407021&postcount=155)listed as his (her?) 3000th post, and then [Post 159](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11409265&postcount=159)then also listed as his 3000th post? And also interesting that \*\*arjee \*\*hit the big 100 in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/167 "2009-08-07T19:03:57Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I am not a charter member, but puzzled: Why is **robby** ’s [Post 155](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11407021&postcount=155)listed as his (her?) 3000th post, and then [Post 159](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11409265&postcount=159)then also listed as his 3000th post? Because it’s not the number of the post, but the number of the poster. The 3,000 means that **robby** has posted 3,000 times, not that either of those is his 3,000th post. > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > And also interesting that \*\*arjee \*\*hit the big 100 in this thread. Not necessarily. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/168 "2009-08-07T22:31:58Z")
I be here. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/169 "2009-08-08T02:28:20Z")
Somebody call? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/170 "2009-08-10T18:49:20Z")
Any word? ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/171 "2009-08-10T22:41:33Z")
A passel. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/172 "2009-08-10T22:47:45Z")
Up your nose with a rubber hose, Mr Charter. (Present) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/173 "2009-08-10T23:38:01Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > A passel. Thanks for responding, **Ed**. I take it that you don’t care to divulge the exact number. Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/174 "2009-08-11T02:18:49Z")
I’m still here, but I’m not sure if I’m going to re-up next year. Too many stupid rules and not enough transparency. ---
**Author:** ![Scruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Scruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruff)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/175 "2009-08-11T03:30:07Z")
Is that a metric passel or an imperial passel? ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/176 "2009-08-11T05:00:35Z")
Imperial, I think. Fits better with the tone here. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/177 "2009-08-11T09:58:51Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > A passel. Pablo Neruda said it best: “Me gustas cuando callas porque estas como ausente”. (I like you when you are quiet because it is as if you are absent) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/178 "2009-08-11T13:18:39Z")
Cough ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/179 "2009-08-11T15:17:28Z")
Apparantly the Charter Members are a commune in France. I’ll have to add that to my places to visit along with Paris and Rennes-le-Chateau. > [@](#): > > Passel is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. > **[Passel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passel)** > > Passel (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French pronunciation: \[pasɛl\]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. > This Arrondissement of Compiègne geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. EDIT: which is in the region of Picardie, Captian Jean-Luc ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465/180 "2009-08-11T15:29:58Z")
> [@akennett](#): > > Imperial, I think. Fits better with the tone here. I literally LOLed at that. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-charter-members-are-there/503465.md?page=10)