H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 (edited) 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. Edited April 29 by H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flinthills Dawg Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 you keep your number 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caladisi kid Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 Sounds good to me. I'd actually prefer to keep the existing number. Gonna start saving the pennies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 (edited) 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! Edited April 30 by Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brown Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 kept my number buy got a new badge , oh and i kept my old badge too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two dot Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 When I upgraded in the late ‘90s I was offered a number in the 8000s. I decided to just keep what I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brown Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I know of 3 dogs several cats and sometime back about 20 years unborn children with numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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