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.

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On 9 February 2013 20:27, Jessica Taylor <jessica.s.taylo...@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 checked myself, but all membership dues are due
> at the same time each year, correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jess
>
>
>  On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Michael Peel <
> michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>  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 is rather out of date (and there's plenty of questions being asked here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 <dougwel...@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.dal...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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 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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