Personally, I joined in 2010 and got a renewal email a year later in 2011 which I forgot to act upon, and another one in 2012 (despite presumably being a very lapsed member by then) after which I actually did get round to renewing. Perhaps if I had received a second follow-up email in 2011, I might have renewed then. So gentle reminders would be good.This is because I am incredibly disorganised, so I always forget things like this and even when I remember there is usually something more urgent. This doesn't mean I am not interested in the work of the charity and potentially would even still like to get involved.
Regarding the renewal, I would also welcome the opportunity to pay my fees via Direct Debit and automatically renew every year, just because then I can set it up once and basically forget about the admin side of things. Also, out of curiosity, why is there not a gift-aid declaration on the membership page? As far as I can see from HMRC, membership fees such as Wikimedia UK's should be eligible as they don't confer any benefits other than membership. James On 7 February 2013 17:50, HJ Mitchell <hjmitch...@ymail.com> wrote: > 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 > 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] 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 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? > > -- > - Andrew Gray > andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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