# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/141 "2009-01-03T04:05:03Z")
Nice one. Cheers fellas. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/142 "2009-01-03T05:08:47Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/143 "2009-01-04T09:09:33Z")
Does this still happen from time to time? I recently noticed long time poster as"guest" tho’ it seemed to me to be some one who’d never lapsed. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/144 "2009-01-04T16:58:40Z")
That would be me, I reckon. Can’t tell you how many PM’s I’ve gotten, urging me to correct this. Tons. Well, a bunch. Several. OK, just **wring**. Picky, picky… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/145 "2009-01-04T18:09:05Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/146 "2009-01-09T00:47:03Z")
Thanks, Jerry! (I hadn’t noticed until I looked at my user profile for something else. Neat!) ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/147 "2009-01-09T15:59:20Z")
I used to be a Charter Member, but then did not renew my membership for two months after it initially lapsed. Is there any way to restore my Charter Member status at this point? Sorry if this has been answered before. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/148 "2009-01-09T18:30:56Z")
Unfortunately, no. We made exceptions the first year for a bunch of people because the renewal process was new and not everyone remembered it, but that became a huge pain (since it could only be fixed by one person) and we had to draw a line somewhere. So, if a Charter Membership lapses, then it’s pretty much lost. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382.md?page=7)