H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 29, 2022 Posted April 29, 2022 When you upgrade to Life Membership, do you get to keep your annual number, or is a new one assigned to you? Ultimately it doesn't really matter, but I am curious.
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted April 29, 2022 Posted April 29, 2022 In the Way-Back machine, when you upgraded to Life you could get a lower number. I think that's been gone for a long time.
Caladisi kid Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 In the Way-Back machine, when you upgraded to Life you could get a lower number. There was a block of #'s, 5000-5999, range that was used. I got mine in the mid 90's. After the block was used up, it just became your # but add Life.
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Posted April 30, 2022 Sounds good to me. I'd actually prefer to keep the existing number. Gonna start saving the pennies.
Griff Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 Y'all ain't usin the right way back machine, as originally the 2-300 series of numbers were set aside for life memberships. Regular memberships started at 500 I believe. Several of our club members in the early nineties availed themselves of the chance to have a 3 digit number... IIRC, numbers being issued were between 1300-1500 for annual members. Numbers are not always indicative of when you joined. Blocks of numbers were sent out to area representatives to expedite processing, so numbers were issued in a haphazard fashion. Wasn't any big deal, it meant you got your badge much quicker! That's the way my "rememberer" remembers it, anyway!
Texas Jack Black Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Griff said: Y'all ain't usin the right way back machine, as originally the 2-300 series of numbers were set aside for life memberships. Regular memberships started at 500 I believe. Several of our club members in the early nineties availed themselves of the chance to have a 3 digit number... IIRC, numbers being issued were between 1300-1500 for annual members. Numbers are not always indicative of when you joined. Blocks of numbers were sent out to area representatives to expedite processing, so numbers were issued in a haphazard fashion. Wasn't any big deal, it meant you got your badge much quicker! That's the way my "rememberer" remembers it, anyway! way back machine must be broken As I remember I know of a member not life who has a number under 300
watab kid Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 kept my number buy got a new badge , oh and i kept my old badge too
Griff Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, john brown said: way back machine must be broken As I remember I know of a member not life who has a number under 300 Number 109 - 199 were not life numbers... I could be mistaken about the 200 numbers also.. but... who really cares at this point. Numbers are not re-issued unless a member passes away and arrangements are made to pass it to a family member...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, Griff said: Number 109 - 199 were not life numbers... I could be mistaken about the 200 numbers also.. but... who really cares at this point. Numbers are not re-issued unless a member passes away and arrangements are made to pass it to a family member... And if you have not noticed Griff has a two digit membership number.
Assassin Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 When I bought my life membership in 2000 I was given the option of a 5000 number or keeping my original number, I opted to keep my original number. Big Hat was selling memberships at a monthly when I joined.
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 When I upgraded to Life, in the '80's, I could have gotten a lower number, but I decided to keep my original number...so I did. Just figured I'd dance with the one that I got here with. Some with higher numbers, than mine, went with lower numbers. You'd have to ask them why, unless a 3 or 4 digit number was easier for them to remember. Perhaps they may have wanted to have appeared to have joined s.a.s.s. earlier, since they had a lower number?
Two Dot, 14911 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 When I upgraded in the late ‘90s I was offered a number in the 8000s. I decided to just keep what I had.
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Waxahachie Kid #17017 L said: ...Just figured I'd dance with the one that I got here with. ... Well your original number is easy to remember and has a nice ring to it.
Texas Jack Black Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 I know of 3 dogs several cats and sometime back about 20 years unborn children with numbers.
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