From: Susan Hemmen <slhemmen@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 09:36:33 -0600 Message-ID: <CABpq9Tr6xaw_DVAVadEgAmEi6moHepybvxgt7srNzPMhq+5TYA@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Membership Cards?
At the New Berlin Historical Society we no longer send out membership
cards. True, they are tangible evidence of belonging, but that is all. We
do not charge admission to our Open Houses or to the two public meetings we
have each year with a speaker, so they wouldn't be needed then.. We send
out letter or email reminders when it is renewal time. We ask them to
complete a brief application and return it with a check. The application
helps us keep current with their address, emails and phone numbers and
there is also a place where they can check if they would be interested in
volunteering. I acknowledge all new members and personally call the ones
that are interested in volunteering.
Sue Hemmen
Secretary, New Berlin Historical Society
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:43 PM Mondovi History <mondovihistory@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> At the Mondovi Area Historical Society, we are currently in the process of
> sending out membership renewal letters to our members and others in the
> community who have expressed interest in our Society and in general
> cleaning up our membership rolls. We are having a debate among our
> officers whether or not membership cards are necessary. I am inquiring
> what other societies are doing regarding such cards, do you send them out
> or if not how do you acknowledge membership renewals or new memberships?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve Mikelson
> President, Mondovi Area Historical Society
>