Keitht said:
Being a Guest rather than Member will have little or no effect with regard to whether or not you receive assistance. If people know the answer or can point you in the direction of the answer they will do.
There may be literally one or two on the board who seem to take it as a personal affront if somebody is not a Member, but they are in a very, very small minority.
I can attest to this. I've been a guest for quite a while now.
Additionally, in the "float over", you don't see member status, you see post text. The post text is what draws me into a thread or not.
I also concur with the post about the season - my time is short these days; I'm not online much.
Please don't take offense where none is meant - stick around, this is a good group.