Quote Originally Posted by ravitejag
Premium membership is obtained if you stay in the forum after 1 month from the time you join the forum

And if you joined the forum already a few months ago then as soon as you finished the 120 posts you will turn into premium ..
One more thing is the inactivity is for more than three months then you can participate in the Best new members and returning member contest as well.
You mean this contest here: http://goldage.net/forum/showthread.php?t=68445 ?
I joined on July 2008, so I guess I can enter the contest. So, all I have to do is make a post there to express my interest in participating, then make 30 posts before the end of January and then make another post in that thread after I make my 30 posts?