Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: MP on December 31, 2022, 17:24:52

Title: Membership number
Post by: MP on December 31, 2022, 17:24:52
If we have one how do I find my membership number ?
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: Lori on December 31, 2022, 18:42:45
For this website? No, there is no number.  If you look at your account you will see status and expiration date.  Why are you looking for a membership number?
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: MP on December 31, 2022, 19:24:02
I have one for Mercedes club I wasn't  sure if we had one for Pagoda group
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: Cees Klumper on December 31, 2022, 20:40:20
I know mine is 007 ;-)

To clarify, when we got started way back in 2002 I asked our membership administrator at the time, Richard Madison, if I could have # 007 and he did give that to me. I believe Joe Alexander got 0017. Probably don't exist anymore, these membership numbers?
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: Peter van Es on January 02, 2023, 11:44:11
Actually, they do. They just don't mean much. If you click on Profile (or any member's name to the left of their post) to see your membership details, and then put your mouse on the URL you will see a number at the end of the string, after 'u='.

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=7

That is your membership number. Cees does indeed have the number 7 (leading zeroes are dropped). Mazmona is 4329.
Membership numbers are assigned sequentially in order of joining. However, lapsed memberships and unused memberships are deleted after a while as we comply with data protection regulations. That means that the sequence is no longer contiguous.

Peter
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: mdsalemi on January 02, 2023, 16:46:33
Actually, they do. They just don't mean much.

Hmmm...

Maybe we CAN make them mean something! With tongue firmly planted in cheek, remember that the question was first posed here recently, by someone from the fair Isles. This is the place where auctions for number plates can go into the THOUSANDS or TENS OF THOUSANDS of pounds sterling.

Maybe there's a way to monetize this...

Membership #113 for sale!  ;)
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: rwmastel on January 02, 2023, 19:30:00
Peter,
Thanks for the guidance!  After letting my membership expire several times over the years, I wondered if my number had changed.  I guess with each renewal, I reinstated myself in time.  Still #8.

Mike,
"Tounge in cheek" disclaimers won't stop us from exploring the idea!  I don't know who #113 is, but that's the only number I can think of that anyone would pay for.  Maybe #1, if that founding member would sell.  Maybe people with low VINs might want a membership number to match? Would it be a pure member to member transaction, or would the Group take a cut?
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: DavidAPease on January 02, 2023, 20:59:06
I tried to load the profile for user #113, and it doesn't exist, so I guess it's up for grabs.   ;)

I was curious about my own number, and it seems that I got Joe's number; I'm number 17.

        -David
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: MP on January 03, 2023, 08:55:34
Thanks for the information Peter
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: Peter van Es on January 03, 2023, 11:32:48
"Tounge in cheek" disclaimers won't stop us from exploring the idea!  I don't know who #113 is, but that's the only number I can think of that anyone would pay for.  Maybe #1, if that founding member would sell.

#1 is the admin account of this forum. Not a founding member but needed to set-up and administer the forum itself.
Then Richard Madison got added to help test... and the rest were converted in sequence from the previous incarnation of the forum.
And no, I'm not gonna create a trading for membership number facility. That membership number gets used internally in the database in millions of places...

id_membermember_nameregistration_datereal_name
1admin2002-12-22 21:08:10admin
3280SL712002-12-23 04:09:14Richard Madison
7cees klumper2003-01-06 16:56:52Cees Klumper
8rwmastel2003-01-06 21:37:54rwmastel
9Tom2003-01-11 23:56:04Tom
16ghenne2003-02-18 16:01:12ghenne
17DavidAPease2003-02-18 16:23:13DavidAPease
44vanesp2003-02-20 10:16:53Peter van Es
52hands_aus2003-02-21 03:35:06hands_aus
56Douglas2003-02-21 16:43:28Douglas
58mbzse2003-02-21 17:36:57mbzse
60ja172003-02-22 01:51:34ja17
66JimVillers2003-02-23 12:14:50JimVillers
75gugel2003-02-24 12:34:46gugel
105dirianghen2003-03-05 11:13:11Ray Ortiz
111naj2003-03-06 04:14:06Naj ☨
116ricoled2003-03-07 01:17:04ricoled
120ted280sl2003-03-10 13:14:01ted280sl
129gwuisman2003-03-15 14:13:16gwuisman
1421140152003-04-03 10:14:02114015
143Tobacco2003-04-04 07:58:17tobacco
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: mdsalemi on January 03, 2023, 18:07:31
And no, I'm not gonna create a trading for membership number facility.

Thank you!
Title: Re: Membership number
Post by: Rahul on January 03, 2023, 20:13:20
Threads like this highlight the incredible effort put into creating this resource for current and future owners - it really is impressive that many of the founding members are still active today, after 20 years, and so generous with their time.

Thanks to all involved in ensuring its continued operation, I know I'd have been completely lost without it!