Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-11 Thread Gordon Joly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_arithmetic YMMV, Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-11 Thread Gordon Joly
On 11/02/13 21:37, Thomas Dalton wrote: Can you elaborate? What does interval arithmetic have to do with anything? Donations are due at a certain date. Then there is a grace period: that is the interval. And affects a lot of things, such as cash flow... Gordo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-10 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/02/13 20:43, Richard Symonds wrote: No Jess - each individual is due to renew at a different time each year, depending on when they joined. I joined on 5 December, I think: That means that I am due for renewal on 4 December. I will get an email just before that date. Time to change?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-10 Thread WereSpielChequers
Hi Jess, First of Jan is an awkward time of year - people are most likely to get into debt over Xmas so I'd be cautious about trying to harmonise all our renewals at that time of year. If you have a bunch of regular AGM attenders who pay their memberships in cash then it is obviously easiest to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-10 Thread John Byrne
-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period Message-ID: caaanwp2nwa8ggvjved891jpwze+xvzcgkytksz6dnghelix...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Jess, First of Jan is an awkward time of year - people are most likely

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-10 Thread Jessica Taylor
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-09 Thread Jessica Taylor
I like the idea of updating the pages regarding membership on the WMUK site. Also, I agree multiple reminders are helpful. I think the idea of changing the address so that the renewal isn't automatically fed to an archive folder would be helpful for people like me. Excuse me for not having

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-09 Thread Richard Symonds
No Jess - each individual is due to renew at a different time each year, depending on when they joined. I joined on 5 December, I think: That means that I am due for renewal on 4 December. I will get an email just before that date. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Lodewijk
I think this is already possible :) I actually paid for two years at once, because that was the amount of pounds I happened to have left over - not sure if people will get mad at me now if I make their lives more complicated, but asking nicely brings you a long way! :) Lodewijk 2013/2/7 Tom

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Doug Weller
How do we check our membership? Doug On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: I think this is already possible :) I actually paid for two years at once, because that was the amount of pounds I happened to have left over - not sure if people will get mad at me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Deryck Chan
I think the main point there is that WMUK office needs to remind people every time their membership is supposed to expire, with concise instructions about how to renew their membership. If they do exceed the grace period, then email them again, this time simply saying their membership has

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Katherine Bavage
Lol, at least you're honest about repeated reminders necessary (I'm the same myself) Thanks for the feedback - I'll do my best to balance time limitations I have for membership stuff and reminding people frequently - I need to make sure I'm making the most of automation and templates. Don;t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 8 February 2013 14:38, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-08 Thread Doug Weller
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.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On 8 February 2013 14:38, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Yes, you can pay for x number of years in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-07 Thread David Gerard
On 7 February 2013 17:01, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-07 Thread Andrew Gray
On 7 February 2013 17:22, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 February 2013 17:01, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-07 Thread HJ Mitchell
:40 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period On 7 February 2013 17:22, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 February 2013 17:01, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: So - I'm not advocating FOR a reduction in limiting the grace period to a shorter time

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-07 Thread Thomas Dalton
andrew.g...@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 dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 February 2013 17:01, Katherine Bavage

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-07 Thread James Hardy
http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell -- *From:* Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Thursday, 7 February 2013, 17:40 *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l