Why approval is required?

This is to maintain the integrity of the members who log on to SSAR's forum boards as well as to keep spammers away. The Forums Administrator will be very quick with providing your approval, given you express your sincere interest in the group (which is open to professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts and simply just the curious). A tip for you.. if you decide to register, i check each and every email address and corresponding login, it is fairly straightforward to pick up the pattern for how fake accounts are generated but mistakes are made... at this point >95% of accounts turn out to be fake. If you think i made a mistake, send me an email/message (an automatic email should be sent to you upon registering). Make your login something related to reptiles/amphibians or something scientific to lend credibility to your account. Cheers, Raul