From: James Cermak <jameseff41@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:22:12 -0600 Message-ID: <CANJFB47h0yYAamH8g8dbk9G6isoCAbDsCGSFWs4JKz55dE=NWA@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Membership Cards?
Butternut Area Historical Society has handed out Membership cards BUT to
no recognizable benefit to the organization.
We now promote membership with a mailing list and will be using member
names and addresses in direct mailings.
We have members who will donate when they are needed but the membership
cards disappeared shortly after they were issued.
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:50 PM Mondovi History <mondovihistory@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi Laurie,
>
> I like the idea of publishing the names of the names of members in a
> newsletter in lieu of cards. That is a good idea.
>
> Steve
> On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 2:13:39 PM CST, <rljpilch@pctcnet.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Price County Historical Society does not send membership cards. We do
> publish our membership list once a year by category i.e. Life, individual
,
> etc. in our fall newsletter. We place an asterisk by the names of new
> members, with an explanation that this denotes new members. We have found
> that our members like this list and knowing who all is a member of the
> Society. Also, when a new membership is received our goal for 2019 is to
> consistently send a thank you letter and include our most recent newslett
er
> as a way of thanks and introduction to the new member. We have discussed
> membership cards from time to time, but decided to go with the published
> list as our members like it and our volunteers are already wearing so man
y
> hats. We do include membership enrollment forms with all of our newslette
rs
> and mail notices at the beginning of the year to those that havenâ€
™t renewed
> yet, with usually a follow-up in several months for those that still
> haven’t renewed. Interestingly we started enclosing a #9 sized
> self-addressed envelope with our mailed membership renewal form and found
> out that we receive the memberships back much faster, as the member only
> needs to fill out the form, place it in the the self addressed envelope a
nd
> put a stamp on it.
>
> We do not offer discounts in our gift shop and we do not charge for
> admission to our museums, but do have donation boxes at the front doors.
We
> find that most people are fairly generous in their donations.
>
> Laurie Pilch, Secretary/Treasurer
> Board of Directors
> Price County Historical Society
>
>
> *From:* Mondovi History
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 5, 2019 9:27 PM
> *To:* Wisconsin History List Serve
> *Subject:* Membership Cards?
>
> Hello,
>
> At the Mondovi Area Historical Society, we are currently in the process o
f
> 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
>
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