New Member and AH Member

May I be enlightened by AH how does one graduate from a new Member and become AH Member. I joined last year November 2009 and am titled as New member. I see others titled as AH Member. Help to understand.
Thanks,
Popo.

Popo,
I am glad that you asked this question because it pushed me to change the User Titles, something that I have been meaning to do for a while.
User Titles are based upon participation, not how long you have been a member. Below are new User Titles and the number of posts required to achieve that title. As you can see the AH Elite and AH Legend titles have their own image as you can see in my post header above. All posts are counted, from the forum, articles, stories, blogs and comments to photos and videos.

So to answer your question, since you currently have 7 posts, 8 more and you will be an AH member.

New Member 0 to 14 posts
AH Member 15 to 49 posts
AH Senior Member 50 to 99 posts
AH Veteran 100 to 249 posts
AH Enthusiast 250 to 499 posts
AH Fanatic 500 to 999 posts
1000 to 1999 posts
2000+ posts

Jerome,
Thanks for the clarification and improvement of the User Titles. It is now very clear and acceptable.
Cheers,
Popo