USCA Membership renewal

I just want CCjon to know that he is disturbing my dinner of Scottish haggis, for me to be able to reply to his post.....

May I suggest....the availability of purchasing a Lifetime Membership.

You wankers figure out the appropriate cost, and it might surprise you as to how many might take advantage of that, and sign up.

FM, I appreciate your concern for my health... you having haggis while my SO and I dine on authentic seafood paella. Sorry...

Your suggestion of having USCA Lifetime Membership started a study that discovered the USCA Constitution states Lifetime Members cannot vote or hold office. First that will need to be changed, then you can send me your blank check while we figure out the appropriate amount to fill in... a simple question of how many zeros.

Stay warm up there,

Jan

I voted Yes, but I suggest another option may be a mutli-year membership, say, 3 years.

Interesting ...

 I am not against the auto renewal.  I normally avoid it. But in this case I would stick around with auto renewal.

The cost of mail out notice. waiting getting paid add up.  make it simple it saves money and time.

How about a choice? Let those who want auto-renewal sign up for it; let those who want annual renewal do that.

Re lifetime membership: I'm all for it as long as we use an actuarial table to predict expected remaining lifetime 

Duncan

We should consult with our membership registrar to find how much modification of the membership program will be necessary to accommodate multi-year or automatic renewals.  I don't know what is currently used to track membership.

Today I received an email reminding me my membership in another organization with a similar sized membership will soon be expiring.  That organization has already implemented a dues rate increase beginning next year.  I was offered the opportunity to pay for up to three years of membership prior to the increase taking effect.  Like smitty901 I do not usually opt for automatic renewal, but in this case I'll make an exception and take a chance on surviving the multi-year membesrship.

Howdy folks.  Just in case you are interested in hearing from a potential new member: 

Normally I will join a group for one year to make sure it is a good fit.  At that point to simplify life I'll either do the multi-year deal, or the lifetime membership.  More often than not this is to keep me from forgetting to re-up.

In the category of poor attempt at humor:   If you choose to offer a life time membership plan, please be careful of the naming convention.  NRA uses macho names like Patriot, Endowment, etc..  Then there are groups like the American Legion (absolutely great organization btw).  Finance Officer talked about the lifetime member plan, which I accepted.  Imagine the surprise when the membership card came back with big letters across the top PUFL (stands for Paid Up For Life).  In an instant I went from a mighty infantryman to a... puffel.  What's that?  Maybe a crepe with too much baking powder?  Awe Man, I felt like a pup who just came back from the vets office missing some important parts.   Hope you got a chuckle. 

Looking forward to finding out what USCA is all about. 

Scott

Good news!  Crepes don't have baking powder and are fluffy because of the eggs!

But I do, definitely hear you about puffle.  Sounds like something from a 70s Croft's kids program.  I recall in the early 80s when the military was phasing out the Jeep in favor of the HumVee.  They didn't want troops calling it a Hummer because it sounded too much like bummer...

Pufel...  A club I used to belong to but no longer, though they are still good friends of mine, the Northwest Classics Motorcycle Club, NWCMC for short, calls new members MUC's (pronounced "mucks") which is Member Under Consideration.  I've never known a MUC to be voted down. I was editor of their newsletter, the Exhaust, for several years. Fun job, fun group, good folks.

Okay, whilst we are admitting our bad club names from the past........I was a member of the PhuDs....pronounced "fuds", as it was a just-for-fun baseball team wherein all members had to have a Ph.D.

The way we played, we should have been called the "duds" 

On the USCA membership renewal issue, I am all in favor of an option to select a 3 year term.....if the wankers are not going to allow me to buy a Lifetime Membership.

Hi All,

I have done the membership duties for the last 2 or 3 years (I forget) but on the issue of multi-year membership, that's an easy one... We already have members that pay for several years in advance.  Say for example our current renewal fee is $30.  They will send a check for $90 and I just put the renewal date out 3 years.  Multi-year done. No extra effort.  That is the beauty of checks. No additional software to update. No processing fees to pay. USCA gets to keep the full amount of the membership fee without paying a 3rd party to filter our funds in and out (PayPal or Credit Card fees).  Win for members, win for USCA.

By the way, we do have new membership coordinators.  Thank you, David and Christie Johanson, for taking over that responsibility!

Belinda Schraeder Murray

For whatever reason, it won't let me vote 🙁

Hmm, wonder if there is a time out on these surveys. I have not closed it. Will check on it.

Jan