Archie....you posted: "As for your old membership number being restored. I have this one simple question; Is it fair, hypothetically for example, if you had joined the club 20+ years ago and had a membership number of lets say under R-500 and you allowed it to lapse by not renewing your dues a year later, that you should be able now to re-claim that early number which would give the impression to others that you have been a member all those years, when in fact it was 20 years ago that you were a club member?"

My point is this....is it fair to allow the member who has been absent for 20+ years to pay all back dues and give the IMPRESSION that the member has been active during that time by giving him his original number? Because that is the club policy....believe it or not.