Welcome to ATS. You can reply to any thread, including this one to get your 20 posts. Then you are free to create threads in most but not all forums.
Standard procedure, probably to deter spammers and the like. You'll reach 20 before you know it. Buckle up!
Hi RidgeRoad, and welcome to the Introductions Forum, a place to say hello to the ATS community. For now you can reply to any thread in any member
forum you wish, as well as send & receive (PM's) Private Messages to Staff only for
now.
Once you have achieved 20 posts, you will then be able to start your own threads in the appropriate forums and additionally send & receive messages to
and from fellow ATS members.