# I want my "Charter" back! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 28, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604 "2005-04-28T19:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Panzram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Panzram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panzram)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/81 "2005-05-08T04:32:29Z")
I was a Charter Member just the last time I logged in (a week ago or so) but now I am a member. I do not think the suits like me. ☹ But I like them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/82 "2005-05-08T09:43:05Z")
> [@spiralscratch](#): > > I’d also be grateful if I could get “charter member” status restored. I thought I had until the end of April, but it didn’t work out that way it appears. > > Thanks. Gracias for the reinstatement. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/83 "2005-05-09T02:23:44Z")
> [@Panzram](#): > > I was a Charter Member just the last time I logged in (a week ago or so) but now I am a member. I do not think the suits like me. ☹ > > But I like them. 😉 We show you initially registered on the SDMB and became a subscriber in March of 2005; this does not a Charter Member make. Charter Members were those who subscribed before the original cutoff date, which was in March of 2004. The initial registrations still had the initial “Charter Member” designation until a few weeks ago, when Jerry sorted out those who had subscribed before the original cutoff and those who had not. All those who came after the cutoff are simply styled as “Members.” your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/84 "2005-05-09T17:33:43Z")
Is Jerry still going through former charter members? Or am I out of luck? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/85 "2005-05-10T04:01:04Z")
Test to see if I am a ‘Charter Member’ once more… ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/86 "2005-05-11T10:03:35Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > I’m not complaining. Really, I’m not. I paid the double price, and haven’t asked for my money back or anything like that. I paid right away and have no complaints… It’s just that I want to see the SDMB thrive, and I think that this policy was a mistake. I think it will cost the board subscriptions, and I don’t want to see that. Time will tell if I’m right. I hope I’m not. **You** paid the regular price. **I** payed half price. You didn’t pay “double” anything. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604/87 "2005-05-11T10:09:10Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > **Duck Duck Goose** and **Debaser** both make good points. > > I would like to see the “Charter Member” vs. “Member” distinction completely abolished. Charter Member was initially used as a marketing gimmick to get people to subscribe when the board initially went pay for play last year. We no longer need this meaningless badge of status. I **like** having a badge of status. What’s wrong with having a status symbol? Do we all have to be the same? _sigh_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604.md?page=4)