[wejones]

This is a good move. Perhaps this will satisfy criticism from those on other forums. Basically, the harder it is to view posts from the outside, the more people who will feel comfortable posting here. I know of people who logged onto the forum, went to New Finds, and were able to view posts, so they concluded that it wasn't a safe place to post finds. But if posting on the other forums is a prerequisite to viewing New Finds, then I think this is a very good way to limit membership.

One question though. I just looked, and I see that I can still see, and get into the New Finds section. Does that mean that those who have been posting there are already members, or have all current forum members been added as members, or has the old membership list, back when membership used to be restricted in a similar way, been resurected?
Or..... hasn't the new structure started yet, and everyone will have to RE-JOIN???
Just curious.