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Re: Membership Letter, I hope you will all read this
I don't think adding the membership date is a good idea. It does not do
anything different that the Membership Expiration Date on the address label
does.
If I join in January my membership would end in 01. A year passes and I do
not renew until March, does my membership number now change to end in 03?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Golland" <see62 at ync_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 3:45 PM
Subject: RE: Membership Letter, I hope you will all read this
> Gary,
> I guess that I am one of those who was looking for a password the day
after
> I posted my order for a new membership. My only concern was that I was
using
> a debit card that sometimes caused problems with web orders.
> I appreciate the last post outlining the steps that take place before I
get
> my number and password. It relieves my worries over the application having
> been lost.
> This thread has been unfair in that it put all the blame on the
organization
> for not keeping up with expiration dates but some good suggestions did
come
> out of the discussion. I think that adding the expiration date to the
> membership number is a good one. Hopefully if the thread does not die it
> includes this type of positive suggestions only.
> Thanks for the effort on your part, I have been in the 20% of an
> organization that does all the work and I appreciate your efforts.
> Ron
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
> Behalf Of Gary Bartell
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:09 PM
> To: killitalk
> Subject: Membership Letter, I hope you will all read this
>
>
>
> I hope you will all read this all the way through.
> The purpose is to give you a better understanding of how things work
or
> don't work.
> Everything in the AKA is based on my roster so it is important that all
> address changes etc. be sent to me at my address, E-Mail address or via
the
> online membership update request on the web site. This year we are to
print
> a new roster and it is very important that I have all of your information
> correct. Go to the online roster or check your address label to be sure
> everything is correct.
> For those of you that renew online: First the credit card is processed,
> when approved a notice is sent to the web site committee. Then a notice is
> sent to me, now I update the roster twice a month then the new roster is
> sent to the web site committee and they update the online roster. My point
> here is that several people have to handle this data before it gets to the
> final destination. ( Would you believe that people join or rejoin online,
> and the very next day ask for their password) it just don't work that fast
> it never did. Even if I could give them the password it would not work
> because the online roster has not been updated as yet.
>
> My database tells me every month who is about to have their membership
> lapse, it then generates an E-Mail message to those people. This is sent
out
> about the middle of the month that your membership expires in, since we
send
> you the BNL for the month after your expiration date as a courtesy which
we
> may have to discontinue due to increased costs of printing and mailing.
Now
> for about 2/3rds of last year I did send out a last and final letter in
the
> mail, which included a renewal form and a questionnaire to have people
tell
> us why they were dropping out if they were. The sad part of this is only
two
> people ever sent back the questionnaire but we did get some late renewals
> from it.
> It was decided by me, that this was not getting the information we needed
> and the cost was too much for what we get out of it. With another postal
> increase just around the corner and given the fact that we just raised
dues
> we can't raise them again and we can't afford to spend postage on people
> that are not likely to be coming back.
>
> Lastly I would ask that if you have any comments or concerns about the
way
> things are done or not done, get involved write to your officers or
> committee chairman. If we don't hear from you, we can only assume that all
> is well.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gary Bartell, Membership Chair
>
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