[57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Edward Watson
Hi all Below is a proposed new member procedure. Comments/objections welcome. [The procedure] 1. New members are asked to populate an email template (see below) and send it to the public discussion list. They are also asked to pay 1 months member fee at their first space visit. A director must

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Dave Hibberd
Would you like to use me as a test case to work out if this particular proposed potential personnel proposal procedure actually works, after there's agreement that the process potentially performs perfectly. In related news, today appears to be P alliteration day. H On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Calum Chisholm
Thanks for putting this together Ed. They are also asked to pay 1 months member fee at their first space visit. I think charging £20 to drop in on a Tuesday night could put quite a few potential members off. I would prefer to ask them for a £5 suggested donation, the same as we ask from 'casual

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Tom Jones
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:07:06AM +0100, Calum Chisholm wrote: They are also asked to pay 1 months member fee at their first space visit. I think charging £20 to drop in on a Tuesday night could put quite a few potential members off. I would prefer to ask them for a £5 suggested donation,

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Calum Chisholm
Ok, that's fine. So on submission of their application, rather than at their first space visit as originally stated. On 23 April 2014 11:13, Tom Jones jo...@sdf.org wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:07:06AM +0100, Calum Chisholm wrote: They are also asked to pay 1 months member fee at their

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Rowan Evenstar
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Carl Anderson noodlemon...@gmail.comwrote: Is a receipt for payment necessary? There has been confusion in the past when people have paid and it has been forgotten. So yes, I would say it was very necessary. ___

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:24:21PM +0100, Carl Anderson wrote: Is a receipt for payment necessary? Yes. Of course, if the membership is declined and they cannot produce the receipt for the refund, we keep the money. Iain. -- urn:x-human:Iain R. Learmonth http://iain.learmonth.me/

Re: [57north-discuss] New Member procedure

2014-04-23 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 01:04:58PM +0100, Edward Watson wrote: So the idea here is that we keep a secured reciept pad in the space for first time payments only. Everything else is electronic. This sounds good. A reminder: if you don't want to do electronic transfers, you can go to any RBS