General Questions: Member Status and Board Funding

[FracinDean]

Hello members.

This is an awesome board. I have two questions that I haven't been able to find answers to within the existing threads, FAQs, etc. They may be there -- but I couldn't find them.

1. What determines a members status ("New", "Board Regular", "Mr. Excel MVP", etc.)?

2. How is this board financed? Is it strictly by advertising and sponsors, or supplemented by member contributions?

Thanks

 

[Fluff]

All members start as a "New member" until they have made a certain number of posts (can't remember how many) at which time they become a "Board Regular"
The "MrExcelMVP" status is bestowed upon members who the existing MVPs consider to be good enough. Although you must have been a member for at least 1 year & made in excess of 1000 posts.

As far as I know the majority of the costs are met by Bill Jelen, who owns the site, along with advertising & the MrExcel store.

 

[FracinDean]

Thank you for the information. I just hit 50 posts today and my status changed to "Board Regular" so that covers the status question, in case anyone else tries to find this information in the future.