There's no reason why you should not be allowed to join The Rat Pack; but I've had so little involvement with most subgroups here, that I'm not sure how to help you if you're having difficulty joining. If you ARE having difficulty, my one guess would be that you have to gain a little more forum seniority first--which is easily done, by posting on topic threads which have some substance to them, like the threads for the Narnia books and movies.