Quote Originally Posted by urleebird
As I was over at my other house fixing things up to help make it sell, I got to thinkin' again. Damn, twice in a day... I can't take too much of that. Figured I'd come back all proud with the answer and Tom beat me to the keyboard.

I noticed that some guys who I really like hearing from on this forum don't have 400 posts. They have definitely been contributors and I would want to include them. Top of that list that comes to mind is Ed. He should be able to take part.

Before I read any of the threads today, I went through the membership rolls to see if there was a correlation to what I had in mind. I came up with the same thing that Tom did. Seems that one post per day average is a pretty good benchmark... or 400 posts.

Would y'all be in favor of that?

By contributors, I'm talkin' about the guys who take part. and not the peeping toms who only absorb whatever they can without so much as a word to acknowledge everyone elses efforts. On that same note, someone who replies to a thread thanking the guys for the information or say it was something that they will be able to use would be considered a contributor. So, what I am saying is that you don't need to know anything to be a contributor. The guys who continually answer questions over and over are rewarded by that feedback and it's just as necessary as the instruction that was generously given.

So, here we are. I haven't checked out specific dates for starting memberships, but I think I need to focus more on the guys who have been here a while in addition to the post count. So, some of you may have post count of 1 per day, but may not have been here long enough for my original intent.

I'm leaning towards 1 post per day and you have been here since April 1st of this year. Any objections to that?
Since the site has only been here since May 2005, you're basically back to 400, except for guys who never stop typing.

Your other standards are great, but how do you apply them? I suggest you stick with 400 and maintain the doscretion to add someone who doesn't meet that standard if you think they are valuable participats. It's your call. If we were going to votr on "valuable" it might be a long time before the giveaway takes place.