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.
I, along with many others, had joined during the period between the last backup and the crash. I've lost PM functionality, as well as my paid membership status. I think a thread may help some of those other users, so if you're also having these issues, you can post here as well.