I didn't have to do that. I just made a one time paypal payment and I was good to go. Hopefully I will get an alert when it is time to renew my membership. To me It is well worth the small payment of $24.00 per year and it gives me a good feeling knowing I am helping support this wonderful support system we have here. I can't even imagine how much it costs to keep this HUGE forum up and running so smoothly.Not having to enter my home address and cell # to join would help