I think maybe a 3 month after expiry and a six month after reminder, provided the person is still subscribed to one of the lopsa lists. If they've unsubscribed, chances are they really want out and it would not be right to harass them.
--Susan On May 15, 2014, at 7:00 AM, Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Yves, > > I'm on a tablet on a plane at the moment, so I can't look up your status > right now, nor can I guarantee the accuracy of what I'll say, but this is how > reminders work, to my knowledge: > > 1 month prior, you get an email reminding you that your membership is up for > renewal soon, with the date given. > > 2 weeks prior, you get a second reminder that you're going to expire, with > the date. > > The day of expiration, you get a notice of expiration. > > I do not believe that there is any automated notification following > membership expiration right now. > > I overhauled these reminders a few months ago because before, the reminders > would often not go out and the rules for sending reminders were shaky. Now, > as far as I can tell, they are solid and always get sent. > > I have thought about occasional reminders, and I think in the past, one of > the other board members has sent out a bulk email, but there's a point in > there where it stops being helpful and starts being spam. I'm not certain > where that point is, to be honest. > > What are everyone else's thoughts on the matter? > > --Matt > > On May 15, 2014 9:36 AM, "Yves Dorfsman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does LOPSA send an email to past members, say every six months? > > I honestly do not remember the last time I renewed, I am probably no longer a > member, I suspect the one renewal email just hit me at the wrong time (crazy > busy or on hols). I also suspect that there are a lot of other people like me > out there. > > Another alternative would be to make a fuss about renewing once a year, > drowning the mailing list with reminders to everybody to renew if they > haven't, maybe do a membership promotion at the same time (send an email to > your colleagues about LOPSA), maybe on sysadmin day or the week/day before > that? > > -- > Yves. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
