To encourage more membership and provide more value to full members who have made the effort to join the club, it was agreed at the 2005 AGM that the following restrictions would be put in place from 1st June 2005:
- Non-members who register on the forums will be entitled to make 20 posts. After 20 posts have been made, no further posts will be possible. In order to allow more posts, non-members will have to join the club, whereupon access will be restored. NOTE THAT THIS RESTRICTION WILL BE APPLIED RETROSPECTIVELY, e.g. if you have been registered for x years and made 600+ posts but have never joined the club, your ability to post will be removed on 1st June 2005. If you wish to maintain posting rights, you have until 1st June to join the club.
Full members will be unaffected by this change provided you supplied your correct forum name on your application form. This can be checked by seeing if you have “Full Member 05/06” in your profile, under your avatar. If you do not see this but are sure you are a full member, then you need to contact the membership secretary with your correct forum name so that your account can be updated (please read the post in the membership enquiries section).
- The sections that non-members get access to will be restricted. For instance, the technical section contains lots of useful information contributed by full members and it has been decided that this information should only be made available to full members. Non-members will not be able to access the technical sections at all. This change will also occur on 1st June 2005. Full members will not be affected (provided we have your correct forum name - see above). Certain sections will still be available to non-members to aid those looking to buy a car (e.g. the buyers guides and several other sections).
These restrictions are subject to further discussion by the committee and may change.