Personally, I joined in 2010 and got a renewal email a year later in 2011 which I forgot to act upon, and another one in 2012 (despite presumably being a very lapsed member by then) after which I actually did get round to renewing. Perhaps if I had received a second follow-up email in 2011, I might have renewed then. So gentle reminders would be good.This is because I am incredibly disorganised, so I always forget things like this and even when I remember there is usually something more urgent. This doesn't mean I am not interested in the work of the charity and potentially would even still like to get involved.
Regarding the renewal, I would also welcome the opportunity to pay my fees via Direct Debit and automatically renew every year, just because then I can set it up once and basically forget about the admin side of things.
Also, out of curiosity, why is there not a gift-aid declaration on the membership page? As far as I can see from HMRC, membership fees such as Wikimedia UK's should be eligible as they don't confer any benefits other than membership.
James
On 7 February 2013 17:50, HJ Mitchell hjmitchell@ymail.com wrote:
I'm with David and Andrew. The chapter should send out an email when membership expires and perhaps send a couple of reminders at given intervals. I don't know if this is done now. I know a notification was experimented with a few months ago, but before then there was no easy way to know if your membership has expired or not.
Similarly, I don't if t's done now, but there didn't used to be an acknowledgement of a membership application. If it's not done already, the chapter should certainly send out a "thank you for your £5, your membership is awaiting approval" and then a "your membership has been approved" email.
Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell
*From:* Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Thursday, 7 February 2013, 17:40 *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period
On 7 February 2013 17:22, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 February 2013 17:01, Katherine Bavage katherine.bavage@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
So - I'm not advocating FOR a reduction in limiting the grace period to
a
shorter time span (say, three months) but rather seeking your thoughts
on
whether that would be a good or a bad idea and why, much like I did when asking about verifying the identity of members applying for membership. Candid responses welcome.
I'm thinking you should nag us more.
*cough* I suspect I am one of said members. Where do I go to give you my money again?
Yeah, I'm with David - active members in grace are mostly just forgetful :-). As there are virtually no things for which being a member is essential other than voting, it's very easy to not get around to it...
Is it possible to set up recurring membership dues as a direct debit?
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