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You really can’t screw up PayPal unless you try to change the banking account info, which you would not be able to do anyway. I’m concerned that the members don’t know who to renew with. There are people that like to mail their checks instead of PayPal, like the one I got yesterday for my OLD address. Then there’s the problem that they don’t know who to renew with at meetings if they missed the announcement.
I’m just wondering why no one bothered to tell me at the last board meeting, especially Christine, when she was clearly exacerbated when I was trying to make sure she understood everything. That would have been the time to tell me that I needed to make sure you knew how to do it as well, but no one said anything!
Susan
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Dear Susan,
Yikes! Don't do anything rash.
Here is how I recall events: I'd mumbled something about feeling like I really
don't do that much yet on the Board, and Paul asked, why don't you be the
membership chair. I said, OK. I need to be taught what to do, such as how to
access the database, etc. I didn't hear anything more. Then right before the
plant auction, I got an e-mail listing the expired members -- this was cc'd to
Christina. I e-mailed Erik and asked to get access to the database and he
worked that out. And I've had one guy e-mail me that he had renewed but hadn't
gotten a card yet. I told him via e-mail that I was still trying to get the
cards, etc. but that he was in the database as paid so everything appeared
copacetic. I just received the cards at last Tuesday's meeting.
Christina did not generate this "Why don't you do membership?" thing, Paul did. And I am not sure if this was thought out as well as it might. I will be happy to not do membership or to do membership, it does not really matter to me. I was just feeling I should do something concrete to help out the club. I'm not highly interested in getting PayPal access, since I have yet to get PayPal to work for me personally so I suspect I'd have a high risk of screwing up the club's finances.
Does this explain anything? So you can understand that none of this should in any way be taken personally?
Cordially -- really --
Margie C. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote: Well, it’s really redundant to enter info in twice. The membership person is supposed to have access to the database, so all you need is the person’s name if they have been entered into the system and I’ve already done that. It would have been nice if Paul informed me at the last meeting who is going to do membership now. I guess I was schooling the wrong person. You might as well take over the PayPal system, that way you can check and make sure address is correct on the PayPal site vs. Christine repeating all that in an email. I’m assuming that Christine doesn’t want to have anything to do with my offer to help out with membership when she is absent and would rather work with you which is fine.
I might as well drop off the board altogether.
Susan
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Dear Susan, Paul asked me to take on membership chair at the board meeting before last. What I've worked out so far with Christina is to have her remain the PayPal czar but for her to send me an e-mail with the address, name, date info so I'll update the membership database and send the person the membership card. In other words, it's an experiment in off-loading one of the treasurer's 10,000 chores. I would also take on issuing reminders and that sort of thing. So, would you send me the info? Thanks. Cordially, Margie C.
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