I need to loose the newbie designation.
According to Dominic I need to post 25 times.
I would also consider using the HIP report software and web hosting as a way of determining the designation.
Also the join date on this forum.
If an idea is posted that is considered useful I would award the poster points.
We could use a point designation.
Posts+ reports + website rankings + useful ideas + join date= Poster designation.
So I would have 6 points posts/5 points reports/0 web as it is not up yet and 10+ useful idea
0 for join date
Total points = 21 Designation =Newbie

I gave myself 10 points so you can subtract that
So I do fit the newbie designation.