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This emoticon may be the common reaction from many GLRF members. Why do we need to renew our free GLRF membership?

A quick explanation: when we transitioned from our old database to the new membership access system for the website, we created several 'products.' Each product has an expiration. The paid, OnTheWater, membership certainly makes sense but why the Shoreside? We wanted to ensure the email addresses in our community were active and that our membership were still interested in participating. Otherwise, members could send Personal Messages to members and never get a response.

Unfortunately, the system got overwhelmed as it tried to send out upwards of 500 emails this morning so many of you will not have received the email notification. We're working with our support folks to see if we can implement a throttle on the number of emails sent at one time. So some of you who log on in the future may find, to your surprise, an expired membership without any warning. That's easy to fix by just clicking on the Shoreside or OnTheWater membership products.

Let us know if you have any feedback or ideas. We're always glad to improve the GLRF experience.