I like the idea of updating the pages regarding membership on the WMUK site.

Also, I agree multiple reminders are helpful. I think the idea of changing the address so that the renewal isn't automatically fed to an archive folder would be helpful for people like me.

Excuse me for not having checked myself, but all membership dues are due at the same time each year, correct?

Thanks,

Jess


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Michael Peel <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
I think we need to update the pages on the wiki here.
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Help
is rather out of date (and there's plenty of questions being asked here that could be answered there), 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Process
could probably do with expanding, and maybe we even need to revise
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Rules
to include things like paying for membership in advance as Tom is pointing out (maximum number of years, etc.), and some others (e.g. if you renew part-way through the grace period, do you get 12 months from then, or 12 months from the anniversary of your joining date - that's currently a bit ambiguous).

Thanks,
Mike

On 8 Feb 2013, at 18:00, Doug Weller <dougweller@gmail.com> wrote:

Isn't a standard order better? You told me I can do that but I'm not clear how.
Doug

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8 February 2013 14:38, Katherine Bavage
<katherine.bavage@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Yes, you can pay for x number of years in advance - we can record longer
> terms on the database, and append notes to the contact record explaining
> why.

How far in advance can we pay?
If we pay in advance and the fee is increased, will you come after us
with a baseball bat for the difference?
Will people paying a long way in advance give you an administrative
headache, for example from having to make allowance for it in the
accounts?

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