How to join us
In my eighty + years on the planet, I've learned a lot about values, (especially running SlideMeister for the past quarter century) and now that I'm all old and cranky, 🙄 I no longer care about whether or not everyone agrees with me. (yeah, old will do that to ya) I find it both refreshing and liberating. I love it!😁
"Free to browse, but not to post!" Is that a cheap shot? Not really. 😎 It's the old "Familiarity breeds contempt" thing. Simply put, we all know that people don't really value stuff they don't hafta pay for. Is this forum worth 20 bucks a year ? Who knows, but that's figure is just enough to be meaningful. The guy/gal who actually pays that 20 bucks, is more likely to show up here from time to time and, at the least read what's going on, right? Even if you don't agree, that's where we are now.😁 Will that discourage membership? Of course it will, but that's also a part of the idea; the people who are here are genuinely interested. Kinda like the pain of throwing away an old junk item that we paid three hundred bucks for twenty years ago; the item's still junk but the $ sticks in our heads, so we tend to want to keep it around. As a species, we're less likely to neglect stuff that we actually paid for.
Before I started getting picky about who I let in, we had almost 2000 members. Whoopie-Doo! If I wouldn't have started rejecting "cheap joiners" who literally joined EVERYTHING on the web, and started "thinning the herd" of the dead-heads already here, we'd probably have around 10K "useless members" here now, and that, to me, would be nothing more than a "yuge" security risk.😬 "Empty numbers" never impressed me; "PARTICIPATION," on the other hand, always has. Sure, we have some faithful, supporting members who never post anything but, they ALWAYS show up to see what's going on, which simply shows what like-minded Chromatic players are all about.
JOINING US
How 'bout a Ten day "Tire Kicker" trial?
Okay, as we all know, Slimy Spammers are a plague to any forum Admin. (like me) Now with bots, Spammers can effortlessly get through even the security protocols that make normal folks throw their hands up and quit, so here's how we do this now.
Yes, you can try it out, with FULL ACCESS, for ten days. Just drop me a note here at https://www.slidemeister.com/contactaj.html and I'll hook you up. BE SURE TO READ THE REGISTRATION AGREEMENT, and when your email approval arrives, sign in, introduce yourself, (if you like) share your story, even join us on our weekly Zoom meetings and get answers to the questions that's no one's ever been able to answer to your satisfaction. Sure we have ups and downs; sometimes busy, sometimes not so much, but always informative. (The only thing you can't do during your trial period is use the Classified Board, of course 😇) If you decide you'd like to be a permanent, more substantial part of this community than just a Guest, pick a designation, let us know, and get an immediate upgrade. Again, If you're not impressed, in those 10 days, no worries; still friends, but your "tire kicker trial account" will be deleted.
(Note: The best way to do a test run is to P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E. The folks here are actually anxious to talk with you, so you'll never (personally) know how informative this group is if you don't "jump into the pool." Oh yeah, and you can only do this 10 day deal once)😉
Former SlideMeister members
If you were a former SlideMeister member, and and actually made a few posts, but were deleted for inactivity, just do the "ten day thing" above and we'll give you another chance. 😉 Just mention it in your introduction, (that's a must) and at the end of the ten days, we will keep your account active as a "Stealth Member." (no posting privileges) This can be extended indefinitely, by simply visiting once in a while.
Rather not join? Hey, No problem!
As a guest, you can just stay "read only" for all the new stuff, as well as the old SlideMeister Archives of over 236,000 posts, covering about 17,000 subjects, in the Archives section at the bottom of the forum. There, you can access, and even download sound and video files, photos, midis and stuff; all that without even being a member. Hey! It's still a very interesting place. 😉
"Free to browse, but not to post!" Is that a cheap shot? Not really. 😎 It's the old "Familiarity breeds contempt" thing. Simply put, we all know that people don't really value stuff they don't hafta pay for. Is this forum worth 20 bucks a year ? Who knows, but that's figure is just enough to be meaningful. The guy/gal who actually pays that 20 bucks, is more likely to show up here from time to time and, at the least read what's going on, right? Even if you don't agree, that's where we are now.😁 Will that discourage membership? Of course it will, but that's also a part of the idea; the people who are here are genuinely interested. Kinda like the pain of throwing away an old junk item that we paid three hundred bucks for twenty years ago; the item's still junk but the $ sticks in our heads, so we tend to want to keep it around. As a species, we're less likely to neglect stuff that we actually paid for.
Before I started getting picky about who I let in, we had almost 2000 members. Whoopie-Doo! If I wouldn't have started rejecting "cheap joiners" who literally joined EVERYTHING on the web, and started "thinning the herd" of the dead-heads already here, we'd probably have around 10K "useless members" here now, and that, to me, would be nothing more than a "yuge" security risk.😬 "Empty numbers" never impressed me; "PARTICIPATION," on the other hand, always has. Sure, we have some faithful, supporting members who never post anything but, they ALWAYS show up to see what's going on, which simply shows what like-minded Chromatic players are all about.
JOINING US
How 'bout a Ten day "Tire Kicker" trial?
Okay, as we all know, Slimy Spammers are a plague to any forum Admin. (like me) Now with bots, Spammers can effortlessly get through even the security protocols that make normal folks throw their hands up and quit, so here's how we do this now.
Yes, you can try it out, with FULL ACCESS, for ten days. Just drop me a note here at https://www.slidemeister.com/contactaj.html and I'll hook you up. BE SURE TO READ THE REGISTRATION AGREEMENT, and when your email approval arrives, sign in, introduce yourself, (if you like) share your story, even join us on our weekly Zoom meetings and get answers to the questions that's no one's ever been able to answer to your satisfaction. Sure we have ups and downs; sometimes busy, sometimes not so much, but always informative. (The only thing you can't do during your trial period is use the Classified Board, of course 😇) If you decide you'd like to be a permanent, more substantial part of this community than just a Guest, pick a designation, let us know, and get an immediate upgrade. Again, If you're not impressed, in those 10 days, no worries; still friends, but your "tire kicker trial account" will be deleted.
(Note: The best way to do a test run is to P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E. The folks here are actually anxious to talk with you, so you'll never (personally) know how informative this group is if you don't "jump into the pool." Oh yeah, and you can only do this 10 day deal once)😉
Former SlideMeister members
If you were a former SlideMeister member, and and actually made a few posts, but were deleted for inactivity, just do the "ten day thing" above and we'll give you another chance. 😉 Just mention it in your introduction, (that's a must) and at the end of the ten days, we will keep your account active as a "Stealth Member." (no posting privileges) This can be extended indefinitely, by simply visiting once in a while.
Rather not join? Hey, No problem!
As a guest, you can just stay "read only" for all the new stuff, as well as the old SlideMeister Archives of over 236,000 posts, covering about 17,000 subjects, in the Archives section at the bottom of the forum. There, you can access, and even download sound and video files, photos, midis and stuff; all that without even being a member. Hey! It's still a very interesting place. 😉
Current SlideMeister "Stealth" members
To upgrade your current membership to a “supporting / posting / advertising / Zoom meeting” member, just go to the support page (orange button below) and pick the level of support that you’d like, then just contact us, using the contact button at the top or bottom of the page, and let us know about it, and we’ll immediately upgrade your account from your current “Stealth” designation to the designation you chose.🙂
Again:
1. Click the SUPPORT button above, to see a description of the various designations available.
2. Select the one you want and contact us
3. We'll set up your fully functional account, with the "bells and whistles" you want, before we even receive your payment
2. Select the one you want and contact us
3. We'll set up your fully functional account, with the "bells and whistles" you want, before we even receive your payment
Supporting members get all the perks, and goodies, but "Wait! There's more!"
I share them on the forum as I think them up 🙂
I share them on the forum as I think them up 🙂