Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.
There's nothing to it, really. Upload a picture of your choice on "photobucket.com", downsize it right there from their site, copy and paste the "http"-thingy once your picture is uploaded and resized, and voila, you've got an avatar. (Well - that's how I did it anyway)
Wendy your avatar always startles me for some reason as soon as it pops up.. at least till my eyes focus on it and realize it's a fish lol... wierd, i dunno
Do you have any pictures saved on your PC? If so, open www.photobucket.com and open an account. Their site will talk you through on how to upload a picture.
If you don't have any pictures saved on your PC, go find one and save it. (Make sure it's not copy-writed...and I'm not talking Kodac moments of your printed 35mm either...)
Once you have a picture saved on your PC, and have successfully uploaded it onto Photobucket, click on "modify" or "resize".
....are you following me so far? I don't want to write a "bestseller" here for nothing. :
PS. My avatar is scaring you? GOOD! It's that time of year to be scared. ;D