Probationary Membership

Occasionally, we have new members who simply don't update their CJs, or even participate in any events, threads or anything. This seems strange to me.

What I propose is a time limit - a trial period. I propose the following conditions for new members which must be fulfilled within the first 2 weeks of membership:

1) Must post in their CJs at least 3 times
2) Must contribute to 3 threads including at least 1 role-play thread
3) Must open at least 1 new topic

New members would be called Probationary Members, regardless of the level of membership they have been approved for, until these conditions are fulfilled.

If a Probationary Member fails to fulfil basic activity levels, their membership is terminated and they must wait 6 weeks to reapply, at which point they must justify why their application should be accepted. Reapplying members will be restricted to only applying for Associate Member status.

Three CJ updates in a two week period seems to be a lot. Then again, they might have already made CJ updates.

I dont think all of new members could update 3 times in 2 weeks. Except you mean update with all terms, arent you? (official update, news, diplomation, random n ready, national facts etc)

I would find that a bit harsh. I don't think it's new associate members that we have a problem with, it's certain members that have been here a while and yet show no progress or improvement in their CJs.

When you add it all up, it's 1 post every 2 days. I don't think that's a hard thing to do.