Trouble Logging On to Site as a C-34 IA Member

[Steve Sayian]

We joined the IA in January of this year and I have tried several times to log on to the site using the username and password provided in the Welcome Letter without success.
I am logged on now as a visitor but would like to know how to get on as a full member.
If any member can help me, please reply via my email address.

Thanks,

Steve

[Stu Jackson]

Steve

We get this issue on a regular basis.  The reason is that the password you and other C34 IA members received when you joined the Association is for the TECH NOTES ONLINE, and NOT for this forum.  For this forum, you make up your own password and user name.

We addressed this in the following secretary reports in Mainsheet magazine last year. 

May 2005 Mainsheet Magazine – C34 Secretary's Report

Our subject this edition is "Unraveling the Mysteries of C34 Membership." There appears to be some confusion about the term "Membership" primarily between the C34 International Association (C34 IA) and the Forum/Message Board. They are two separate things. Membership in the C34 IA affords you many opportunities, including half price BoatUS membership, Mainsheet magazine, and the free CD-ROM that contains the FAQs, Projects and Tech Notes from 1987 to 2001. C34 IA Membership also provides you with the user name and password that are required to gain access to the Tech Notes Online. The entire rest of the website and the Forum/Message Board is open to everyone. To join the C34 IA print out and fill in the form at JOIN on the main website home page, and mail your check to me.  We'll send you your CD-ROM and the user name and password for the Tech Notes Online.

The website's Forum/Message Board also requires a user name and a password. You personally make these up when you initially register. We encourage you to use your real name as a user name to avoid future problems. However, we cannot help you if you lose your password, that's all yours. When posting to the Forum/Message board, identify your hull/sail number and where you're located to help others answer your specific questions. 

To summarize: Signing up for the Message Board doesn't make you a member of the C34 IA. Also, please don't confuse the need for a password for the message board as membership in the C34 IA. The C34 IA website is open and free for everyone to use, but for the Tech Notes Online you need to be a C34 IA member to register and select your personal user name and password. Instructions to sign onto the Forum/Message Board are located in Forum Announcements.


August 2005 Mainsheet Magazine

In the May issue, my secretary's report was "Unraveling the Mysteries of C34 Membership."  I may have "raveled" some with the following text: "The C34 IA website is open and free for everyone to use, but for the Tech Notes Online you need to be a C34 IA member to register and select your personal user name and password."  That's just wrong, sorry.  For the Tech Notes Online you need to be a C34 IA member and we provide you with the user name and password.  For the Forum/Message Board you select your own user name and password.  My apologies for any confusion.