+ventura_kids Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 My account says I'm a Premium member. What makes some accounts Charter Members? Link to comment
+Stunod Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 The addition of the Jelly-of-the-Month Club subscription. Link to comment
jholly Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 My account says I'm a Premium member. What makes some accounts Charter Members? They signed up for membership during a limited period of time when it was first offered and have maintained a continuous membership. Jim Link to comment
+ventura_kids Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Oh.... I see. Thanks. Link to comment
Keystone Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 The "limited period of time" was from Spring 2002 to Spring 2003 -- the first year in which premium memberships were offered. I joined the site shortly after premium memberships began. Back then, the biggest forum controversy was "Will geocaching become 'pay to play'?" Seven years later, you can still have fun with a basic membership, and the basic level has way more features than the original premium membership. And, new premium member features keep getting added, too. Pocket queries in 2002 were pretty big, for example. Yet the price has remained the same, $30, ever since. Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I missed charter membership by |---| this much. Link to comment
+Cherokee Bill Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 One of my best-caching friends is a Charter Member, "Triffid". He leads the field in "FTF" in our local area Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Not Only The Jelly Of The Month Thing, but all "Charter-Members" sit on the Board of Directors of the "Platinum-Members" group........ to select the choosen few! Link to comment
+sledgehampster Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Not Only The Jelly Of The Month Thing, but all "Charter-Members" sit on the Board of Directors of the "Platinum-Members" group........ to select the choosen few! You weren't supposed to tell that part!!! Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 How come all I get is grape jelly?? Link to comment
+ventura_kids Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 so... I'm a pre-charter member. Link to comment
+ventura_kids Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 OK.... I want to become a charter member. Please go back and check my record...let me know how much I owe. I will pay! I want to win! Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 How come all I get is grape jelly?? Hmmm, perhaps some evil deed from the past (one never knows) Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I missed charter membership by |---| this much. Me too. Charter memberships were still available the first month I geocached. But I want to make sure I really was going to stick with it before spending the money. I finally signed up on 3/21/03 which must have missed the Charter memberships by one or two days. Link to comment
+ventura_kids Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 OK.... I want to become a charter member. Please go back and check my record...let me know how much I owe. I will pay! I want to win! So... I was a member BEFORE the charter members? Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 OK.... I want to become a charter member. Please go back and check my record...let me know how much I owe. I will pay! I want to win! So... I was a member BEFORE the charter members? The key is - did you pay to be a premium member during that golden timeframe? Link to comment
+W7WT Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I don't remember there being any promise for additional benefits. I sent in my $30 the very first time they asked for some help in updating the equipment. Dick, W7WT Link to comment
+Yossarian Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Here's an archive.org snapshot of the Charter Membership info from March 02. Link to comment
+W7WT Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Here's an archive.org snapshot of the Charter Membership info from March 02. Thank you for the March 2002 information. I am so old (84) that Criminal use to call me "The Grandfather of Geocaching". I had a lot of misconceptions in those early days. I thought everyone would pick up their cache for the winter and then put it back the next spring. Some did. I just couldn't imagine anyone geocaching in bad weather. Thanks again. Dick W7WT Link to comment
+LaxRef93 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Here is a snipit from that archived page: As of today, there are 11140 active caches in 98 countries. Wow.. 11,140 active caches.. today, just 7 years later, there are 899,127! That's a 7971% increase. Sometimes it is about the numbers.. Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 OK.... I want to become a charter member. Please go back and check my record...let me know how much I owe. I will pay! I want to win! So... I was a member BEFORE the charter members? The key is - did you pay to be a premium member during that golden timeframe? ...and remained a premium member without lapse??? Link to comment
Skippermark Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 so... I'm a pre-charter member. Were you a Charter Member before? Maybe there's a way to go back and look and see if a computer glitch took it away or something? Link to comment
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