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
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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?