Membership Has It's Privileges.

[James Shadle]

As mentioned in an earlier thread ( http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...hoto-and-Video!) we have Membership fees that are among the lowest on the internet.

No one at BPN receives a salary or is on a payroll. We have no employees.
Our modest membership fees(only $20 US annually)are used to maintain our website. Those of you who have been around awhile have surely noticed the greatly improved reliability, speed and forum features implemented since July 2010.

Those changes were not and are not cheap. However, we made the investment for a fast, feature rich, reliable forum that our members can enjoy on several different levels.

To join, just follow this link: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/payments.php

Here is a complete (almost:o) list of member benefits.

• Members are allowed to use our in-house image hosting service and may post 1 image per forum every 24 hours. Forum participants are only allowed 1 image per forum every 48hrs and must use an external hosting provider.(Please limit image sizes to 1024 pix by 800 pix and 200kb)
• Only BPN members qualify for the Image of the Week and the Image of the Year awards. The overall IOTY winner will receive a lifetime membership to BPN(and other cool stuff).

• Members have access to the members list that include both members and forum contributors.

• Only Members have their own personal image "Album". Your album will hold 100, 800x600 images.

• Members are allowed an avatar image(90 x 90), profile image(100 x 100) and a signature line with image(120 x 90).

• Only Members may post polls.

• Only Members may start threads in the "Workshop,Lectures and Events" forum. Members and forum participants may post reply comments.

• Only BPN Members may may start threads in the "Buy, Sell and Trade Photography Gear" forum. Members and forum participants may browse and reply to post.

• Members may store a maximum 50 Private Messages, compared to 5 for forum participants.

• Members can view "Who's On Line", forum participants may not.

• Only Members may add a nickname or handle to their user profile.

• Only Members may use the new "Customize Profile" feature.

• Only Members will participate in the soon to be revealed "BPN Experence" feature.

• Some stuff I'm sure I forgot.

• Members have our deepest gratitude.