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You are one of <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=The_Sabristi" title="The Sabristi">the Sabristi!</a> </p><p>If you have registered on the forums, you now have access to contribute to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page">Roader's Digest</a>, our Wiki all about the roads of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/">Discover</a>, our maps library. </p><p>If you would like to get more involved in the Society, and would like to participate in the elections or even stand for election yourself, you can also become a Voting Member. As well as the mundanity of voting, Voting Members get to start new threads in our off-topic forum, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=14">The Lay-by</a>. </p><p>You can apply for Voting Membership if: </p> <ul><li>you have been a Sabristo/Sabrista for 30 days (in practice, that you registered on the forums at least 30 days ago)</li> <li>you are over 16 and</li> <li>you regularly contribute to roads discussion - on at least one of the forums, the Digest or Discover.</li></ul> <p>It's difficult for us to measure your contribution on Facebook, so we can't check that. </p><p>Voting Members have to renew their membership every March, and if a vote of any sort is under way, the Secretary will announce that applications are closed. </p><p>If you would like to become a Voting Member, or you want to check whether you are currently a Voting Member, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/society/am-check.php">click here</a>. </p><p>If you would like to know more about being a Voting Member, see the <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=SABRE_constitution#Membership" title="SABRE constitution">Membership section</a> of the Constitution. </p>    </div><link href="/wiki/../ui/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"><link href="/wiki/extensions/Discover/sabre.css?1" rel="stylesheet"><div id="wrapfooter"><p align=center>SABRE - The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts<br/><a href="/forum/">Discuss</a> - <a href="/wiki/">Digest</a> - <a href="/maps/">Discover</a> - <a href="/help/">Help</a></div> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from ‘<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Voting_Membership&oldid=678916">https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Voting_Membership&oldid=678916</a>’</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Special_SABRE_pages" title="Category:Special SABRE pages">Special SABRE pages</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Society" title="Category:Society">Society</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <nav id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal vector-user-menu-legacy" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label" role="navigation" > <h3 id="p-personal-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Personal tools</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"><li id="pt-login" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/ucp.php?mode=login&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabre-roads.org.uk%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DVoting_Membership" title="You are encouraged to log in; 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