A problem with not admitting under-13-year-olds has been realised!
By law, we cannot admit people under 13 without parental consent.
Our front page asks new registrants to say whether they are over or under 13, but even if they say they are under 13, they just show up as new registrants.
There is no way for the Rangers to see whether the new member has clicked on "under 13" and should hence not be activated!
To avoid activating registrants who are under 13, the following new procedure has been proposed:
When a new member registers, go to the yahoo account and send them a copy of the e-mail Jny has composed for the purpose.
If they reply, they by that confirm that they are over 13, and can then be activated.
There will be a thread in Sensitive Info, giving the text of the e-mail (for convenience - it's also posted with all the other form letters in Michel Delving, of course), and a collection of the e-mails from which to wait for an answer.
This ia a complicated way, but so far no other solution has been found.