For those about to register...

[Admin]

When you register on the Forum, your account requires to be approved by an admin before you will be able to post. Unfortunately, in the current age a large proportion of people attempting to register intend to post unsuitable material, and this ranges from fairly innocuous (but nothing to do with cacti or succulents) to highly offensive. It is the same on other social media.
In order to try and keep the Forum a safe place for BCSS Members and other cacti and succulent enthusiasts of all ages, everyone who registers is checked. If you are a BCSS Member and include your membership number, this is easy, because we can just look you up in the database. If you are not a member, then we rely on the data you provide: your email address, postcode, and username. Often these will lead to a facebook page, or another C&S group somewhere, and we can feel safe to approve the account. However, if we can't find any traces by searching online, your account will be placed "on hold" until you get in touch with us by email and ask for Forum account approval.

If you registered a while back and still haven't been approved, please drop an email to forum@bcss(etc) using the same email account you put in your Forum registration, giving your name, the Forum username you selected, and a sentence about your interest in cacti and succulents, and we will get your account approved.