From: John Grochowski <jgrochowski@ephraim.org> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 12:05:26 -0600 Message-ID: <e0eceeff180302ea8b322d6bf145581a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: RE: Membership Cards?
The Ephraim Historical Foundation does a lot of things similar to others
who have responded. I enter the renewals into PastPerfect and officially
track things on my end, and our Membership Chair (who has been doing this
for 25 years) keeps a separate set of records on her end. Each month we
compare our records to see if we match. It’s a great way of catchi
ng any
mistakes.
She sends the acknowledgements for Membership Dues and sends Membership
Cards with it. Since this is something our members have received for
decades and we have a volunteer who is willing to send them, it’s s
omething
we will continue to do, but if you are not currently doing Membership Cards
I do no not know if it is necessary to start. This past season we also
transitioned to free admission, so that was no longer a member benefit.
For the benefits members do receive, we either would recognize them when
they came in, or would take their word that they are members if they
claimed to be. We also have a member directory that our docents can
reference if they do need to verify someone is a member. In my three years
here I have never once asked to see someone’s Membership Card, so i
t is
more or less a nice token for the member to have than something we need to
verify they are a member.
Regarding our benefits, I am happy to share with everyone what our members
receive if you need ideas. If you have any questions or ever would like
someone to bounce ideas off of, please feel free to email me.
Finally, I am constantly working to clean up our records in PastPerfect and
organize our membership and donor data. I would be happy to speak with you
if you have any questions or would like any suggestions.
*John M. Grochowski, CTA*
Director of Operations
Ephraim Historical Foundation
ephraim.org <http://www.ephraim.org/>
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*From:* localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:
localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] *On Behalf Of *James Cermak
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:22 PM
*To:* localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
*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 newsletter
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 many
hats. We do include membership enrollment forms with all of our newsletters
and mail notices at the beginning of the year to those that haven’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 and
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 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
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