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Website Update: Members Only Area

posted Dec 30, 2011 7:29 AM by Unknown user
Two days ago, we launched a new feature to the website called the "Members Only" area. It will allow you to check the information associated to your membership and see the pending status of any ID cards or Swag that has yet to be delivered. Sorry, at this time there still is no way to check the status of your membership application. Only Official Members may use the system.

We have restricted this portion of the website to Members Only, because it allows access to two other benefits of a TXGA Membership.

1. Member exclusive discounts
2. The opportunity to influence the TXGA

At this moment, we do not have any listed, but we have been working on getting discounts available, and they will be posted as soon as we have them available.

Many of the opportunities afforded to TXGA members come in the result of voting on subjects. Since the recently revitalized TXGA is still becoming more of a destination website for Texas Geocachers, we have not formulated any votes for Official Members yet. It would not be fair for the majority of the membership if a vote is decided by 30 of the 300+ TXGA members.

What we have added in the member only system is the ability to declare an opinion of what region your resident county lies in. Regional borders have always been a highly opinionated debate between many Texas Geocachers. For the first time, TXGA is actually going to do a census of member opinions on regions, and a system is going to use that information to identify regions by counties. This could resolve differences, or it could not. The actual point behind it is for TXGA to know where its elected Regional Representatives need to focus their attention.

You can access the Members Only area from the menu, under the Membership button. Alternately, you can go directly there.

If you have any questions, you can ask them in the forums under this thread, or contact us by email at contactus@texasgeocaching.com.