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 http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Help is rather out of date (and there's plenty of questions being asked here that could be answered there), http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Process could probably do with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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