Re: [Killietalk] Renewal, (was Re: AKA's BNL publication)

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net>]

This is difficult to do. The eBNL is prepared as a PDF. It is then 
emailed as an attachment to all of those subscribed. In other words, 
every one of those members gets the same attachment. I see no way to 
include your specific expiration date in the PDF document.

Having said that, as Tom Grady so succinctly confirmed, we have given 
thought to this issue. My understanding is that our membership chairman, 
Lonny Langione, does send out email reminders. These might actually 
arrive shortly after your membership is due to expire, because we do 
allow a short grace period in which members can renew. Also, all members 
are reminded that they should make sure their email addresses are 
current. Do so by logging on to aka.org and click on View Your Profile, 
or Edit Your Profile, under the item The People in the left column.

I know that Lonny is considering options to publish a list of members 
whose renewals are due in the BNL each month. I have some reservations 
about this, only because I'm not sure whether members might prefer not 
to see their names published in this context. It would be interesting to 
hear on this list how members feel about this. Lonny, perhaps you'd care 
to comment.

Furthermore, every member can check their expiration date in their 
profile, accessed as above. In addition, we implemented the subscription 
service, which allows you to authorize Paypal to bill you on an annual 
basis. That way you don't have to remember or do anything about renewing.

As you can see, we've given quite a bit of thought to this, as member 
retention is important. We will continue to think about it.

Sincerely,

Barry Cooper

Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386



Wright Huntley wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder, Tom.
>
> One small point. Our mail list always included, in the address, our 
> membership expiration date. I notice that the electronic version does 
> not have our expiration date. Has any thought been given as to how we 
> will be reminded to renew our membership?
>
> Wright
>
> Tom Grady wrote:
>   
>> Hi Folks ...
>>
>> As you know - for the past several months the eBNL and the Paper version 
>> have been sent to all those who are on the electronic mail list.  The 
>> reasoning behind this was simply the initial inability to separate the 
>> mailing list from the one used by the JAKA which was the one used for all 
>> AKA mailings.  Thanks to the assistance of Barry Cooper's son, the technical 
>> problems have been ironed out and in October, those folks on the electronic 
>> list will only receive the eBNL and no longer get copies of the paper 
>> version in the mail.  This is create a savings for the AKA in both the 
>> publishing of the paper version as well as mailing costs.
>>   
>>     
>
>   
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