What say we clean up the membership count? Options

[JeffBowlsby]

Andy mentioned that there were about 500 active members on the old forum, its probably similar to that here. SIX THOUSAND...huh...I don't think so?

A new member is not created everytime someone selects a new long in name. If some one signs in and never posts are they really a member? This site is about truth, justice and the 914 Way correct? Call it like it is...Otherwise its just all lies....

Can the membership roles were purged say once a month by the admins, to clear out any 'members' who have not signed in or posted in say the last 12 months?

[Joe Bob]

Another way....simply validate the email addresses. I believe there were bounced messages when we sent out the club invite. There hasn't been to my knowledge any discussion on cleaning it up...but I've missed a few memos of late....

We saw quite a few old members who came back and checked in and posted...if they had their accounts purged they would have a bit irked....

A few old members did not come back....it's not a real priority for me to get an accurate count. We have a different purpose now.

Right now I'm playing Santa and validating my kids email accounts, setting up the wireless booster and doing updates....I feel like a real IT geek....please kill me now....

[computers4kids]

We saw quite a few old members who came back and checked in and posted...if they had their accounts purged they would have a bit irked....
A few old members did not come back....it's not a real priority for me to get an accurate count. We have a different purpose now.

A Few Thoughts...
As Mike mentioned above, quite a few members came back and posted because of the email and a lot of emails were even bounced back.

We definitely don't want to base membership on email addresses...I'm sure many owners never update their profile but are still out there or even lurking…wondering.

With all that has happened lately, anyone who hasn't been active in the last 2 months would/are confused as hell...and probably will end-up going to the old 914club ip not knowing—even with the “914World” email invitation. Since, in all likelihood, Brad will populate his site with the old content as well, infrequent members will think they just drove into a CA Ghost town...the buildings are all there, but where are all the people?...and probably leave disenchanted. Even though the content is invaluable, it’s the people who make the club. I guess what I’m trying to say is we need, to create a feeling of “inclusion” not “exclusory” as a club, and reach out to 914 owners somehow and let them know they are welcome.

It would be nice to actually know how many members are active and who they are, but I think we better wait a while from making any changes.

One piece of info that would be real nice to know, is the number of 914s still out there that their owners still consider to be viable. Perhaps we could setup some sort of nailed thread that starts to collect an active set of VIN numbers—I’m sure the 6000 member database of VINS is way off.

Lastly, let’s not remove anyone based on the number of posts, last login or even 914 ownership.

In my opinion, the club should be about it’s people, good conversation, and the love of cars, regardless whether it’s members have a rolling tub or not, or a tricked-out conversion.