# Lost my charter member title **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382 "2008-11-06T00:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/61 "2008-12-08T11:03:36Z")
Lets see. I should be and I was, then I wasn’t. Nope, not fixed. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/62 "2008-12-09T19:17:29Z")
Lost mine too… sniff sniff. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/63 "2008-12-09T20:55:44Z")
double checking… ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/64 "2008-12-10T09:43:35Z")
If you _were_ one then let your subscription lapse then resubscribed by paying more money to the C.R. you think they’d give you the satisfaction of still being one of those Charter Members. What? I _was_. I paid money to them to support a message board in a time when they didn’t know if it would work or flop. I helped. And I’m now only a _member_. In reality I don’t really care, just came upon the thread and thought it’d be amusing to rant. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/65 "2008-12-10T22:32:37Z")
I posted this in the sticky about current status of the Board: > [@](#): > > I’ve lost “charter member” status as well. > > Remember the old Mothers of Invention song, “Status Back Baby?” > > "Everyone in town knows I’m a handsome football star > I sing and dance and spray my hair and drive a shiny car > I’m friendly and I’m charming I belong to DeMolay > I’m gonna try like mad to get my status back today > > Status back, Baby, Status back, Baby" Just wanted folks to know Frank Zappa anticipated our situation 40 years ago! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/66 "2008-12-12T02:03:00Z")
DAMMIT! I even GROVELED when I had no way to pay and kindly Dopers kept me Chartered. I must have just lost it because I remember noticing that I did have it quite recently - probably this week. WaH! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/67 "2008-12-12T04:37:57Z")
Just curious ETA Weird, I hardly post at all. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/68 "2008-12-14T02:18:58Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > In the meantime maybe we could all just look at a person’s post count to realize that more than likely, they **are** “charter”. What **Qwisp** said. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/69 "2008-12-14T02:27:18Z")
How in the world does this matter to anybody? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/70 "2008-12-14T02:34:35Z")
> [@quilter](#): > > What **Qwisp** said. Jerry’s working on it, according to the sticky. Q ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/71 "2008-12-14T02:43:02Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Jerry’s working on it, according to the sticky. > > Q Err, what? My point (too obscurely made, apparently) was that looking at a post count and comparing it with “join” date doesn’t indicate – or prevent – an assumption of charter membership. What did you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/72 "2008-12-14T02:54:56Z")
What do you mean, what did I mean? 🙂 About what - the sticky? There’s a message from **SkipMagic** on page 1 telling us that Jerry’s working on that problem, among others. (I didn’t see it, or I wouldn’t have posted what I did about being patient). If \*\* that\*\* isn’t what you meant, then I will just say that anyone with a post count of 22 thousand or even higher **may** have been a charter member \*\*if **they chose to pay for the privilege. If not, then at the very least it means they have been around long enough to be considered “ex-officio” charter, if it’s a matter of respect, and to me, it \*\* is**. And **that** means that **I** was unclear, for which I apologize.🙂 As is my way lately, I try not to take things too seriously and was only trying to relieve some of the angst, again, not having seen **Skip’s** original post about Jerry’s being aware. Sorry Quasi ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/73 "2008-12-14T03:10:46Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > What do you mean, what did I mean? 🙂 > > (snippage) > If \*\* that\*\* isn’t what you meant, then I will just say that anyone with a post count of 22 thousand or even higher **may** have been a charter member \*\*if **they chose to pay for the privilege. If not, then at the very least it means they have been around long enough to be considered “ex-officio” charter, if it’s a matter of respect, and to me, it \*\* is**. > > And **that** means that **I** was unclear, for which I apologize.🙂 > (more snippage) Oh, dear. I think **Qwisp** was being subtle (join date: Mar 1999, post count 865) and I was trying to be funny (join date: Mar 2003, post count 220 as of this post) in response to the suggestion that a high post count might indicate Charter Membership. Nothing else was intended. (I read Jerry’s post and (while I admit that I’m glad to still have it) agree that Charter Membership status is pretty low on the list of Critical Issues.) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/74 "2008-12-14T03:15:31Z")
I didn’t take offense, **quilter** , really! 🙂 Being a bit spacy (unclear, leaving things out) is kinda the way I am, and I often don’t see it myself till someone points it out! Thanks for being concerned, but really, I wasn’t offended in the least. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/75 "2008-12-14T03:28:28Z")
Checkity check check… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/76 "2008-12-14T14:32:15Z")
> [@JillGat](#): > > How in the world does this matter to anybody? Becasue those of us who are actually Charter Members but now listed as just Member or Guest will not be able to re-subscribe at the half-off price. Another poster alerted me to this - when I look at my re-subcribe info, the cost is listed as $14.95. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/77 "2008-12-15T17:49:17Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Checkity check check… Tankitty tank tank ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/78 "2008-12-15T18:34:43Z")
Now I’m worried about mine… ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/79 "2008-12-15T22:13:32Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Becasue those of us who are actually Charter Members but now listed as just Member or Guest will not be able to re-subscribe at the half-off price. Another poster alerted me to this - when I look at my re-subcribe info, the cost is listed as $14.95. Yeah, that. I’d much rather re-sub at a lower rate of a charter member, and it would anger me if a board screw-up forced me to pay double. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/80 "2008-12-16T00:09:58Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Becasue those of us who are actually Charter Members but now listed as just Member or Guest will not be able to re-subscribe at the half-off price. Another poster alerted me to this - when I look at my re-subcribe info, the cost is listed as $14.95. I checked too and well, crap. This isn’t just a glitch then in the titles. I do hope Jerry gets it fixed by April or May or whenever my subscription is up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382.md?page=5)