AS A "founding member" and admin in the discord, I do recall that discussion. I do not explicitly recall an exact ruling spelled out that stated that Hive account@josephsavage would be recognized as such, but I agree that you should be and I support that you be deemed as such. Please let us adjourn the discussion to the discord, where it can be handled in the same venue where it was started.
Edit: OOPS, I see that I have also used an Alt acct., instead of Hive account@underground LOL!