2009 Membership - electronically possible?

Jasper Pollard · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:30 pm

Hey guys - I swear I keep meaning to get my 2009 membership paid...just want to know if I can do it all electronically? Can I e-mail the renewal form and Paypal the fee?

HershTapadia · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:43 pm

i would also like to know.

hersh

steve remchak · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:16 pm

the price of a first class stamp has become prohibitive i agree. :roll:

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:43 am

And the prospect of spending 2 hours in actual physical proximity to y'all at a monthly club meeting is far too revolting to consider... ;-)

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:34 am

Carl Fisher wrote:

And the prospect of spending 2 hours in actual physical proximity to y'all at a monthly club meeting is far too revolting to consider... ;-)

That'd be a 2.5 hour one way drive... seems a bit unreasonable

Seriously though, an online means to register and pay wouldn't be a bad idea. - AB

HershTapadia · **Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:13 am

Carl Fisher wrote:

And the prospect of spending 2 hours in actual physical proximity to y'all at a monthly club meeting is far too revolting to consider... ;-)

Sadly, I have class during the club meetings.

ChristopherLin · **Joined:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:44 pm **Posts:** 125

is it too late to turn in membership renewal at the next meeting?

edit: nevermind...i'll probably be gone after a few months anyway

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:09 am

HershTapadia wrote:

Carl Fisher wrote:

And the prospect of spending 2 hours in actual physical proximity to y'all at a monthly club meeting is far too revolting to consider... ;-)

Sadly, I have class during the club meetings.

well Hersh, at least someone has some class during the club meetings. :twisted:

can i get a show of hands for YLN Class?

HershTapadia · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:43 am

steve remchak wrote:

HershTapadia wrote:

Carl Fisher wrote:

And the prospect of spending 2 hours in actual physical proximity to y'all at a monthly club meeting is far too revolting to consider... ;-)

Sadly, I have class during the club meetings.

well Hersh, at least someone has some class during the club meetings. :twisted:

can i get a show of hands for YLN Class?

what is YLN?

George Bright · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:11 pm

Come on guys it is not hard.

1. I filled out the form and printed it out.

http://www.thscc.com/general/forms/mem_app.pdf

2. Wrote a check. (Remember they taught you to write in elementary school.)

3. Printed an envelope in Word.

4. Affixed postage and sent it in the mail.

All this with a Sam Adams in hand.

Jasper Pollard · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:55 pm

I agree, it's not that hard to post it in the mail. I've just gotten so used to doing everything online. It would be a 2 step deal:

1)submit form online
2)paypal the money

Can even be done from my phone and no paper. Oh well, I'm all paid up now.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:51 pm

is ease of operation actually progress or is it truthfully less cost effective for the vendor?

my own experience is solely based on credit card exchanges but i must admit the fees and commissions i pay to the facilitating partners are in a word, scalding highway robbery.

eventually someone forks over profits for others ability to live life easier. rarely is it the grassroots working man getting the break on the expenses.

i'm just sayin' :twisted:

Jasper Pollard · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:22 am

Good point about the costs....you would have to be careful about how the accounts are done. As you say, credit cards can nail you. But a basic paypal accnt can receive payments from another paypal accnt for free. The upgraded accnts with credit cards are the ones that get you, even if you don't use credit cards. I'm not sure how the other vendors do it.
Mailing has it's costs to consider too: stamp, envelope, checks, etc.

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:57 am

That's the problem with Paypal though...from the club's perspective, they'll have to have a Paypal account level that allows for more than the basic free transactions. If not, there are restrictions on the amount you can receive per month and the amount you can move out of Paypal per month (as I found out this year when having to upgrade my account when selling a bunch of stuff). Hence, every payment will be debited the Paypal transaction fee. If this is the biggest hangup, the simplest solution would be to simply reflect that charge forward to the user, so if you renew via Paypal you pay the membership fee plus the Paypal small addition (or round it up to a $1 or whatever).

I'm guessing the club has a long running manual procedure of processing paper membership forms, so someone would have to create a dual process now of paper and electronic and create all the checks and balances necessary for both to co-exist.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:12 am

Ok, a free market solution....

Pay pal me your membership dues + a small handling fee* and email me all your information. I will fill out your membership form, put it in an envelope, attach a stamp and put it in the mail to Bowie. Since I live in Greenville and Bowie is in Wilson, its VIRTUALLY overnight shipping.

*Handling fee of $20

You can pay pal your membership fees to ecugrad97@yahoo.com

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