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.    
 
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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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  andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk

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