This is a question for anyone with knowledge of Memberships and the Status Rules connected to them.
If the Membership Status Rules are changed (ex: the months for lapsed or renewed status changed from 3 months to 1 month) and if I then run the Membership Update Utility, when the happens to existing memberships? Do they all change to the new status rules or stay as they were before?
Thanks,
Marie Kocher, Development
Kansas City Ballet
I beleive the rules are only applied WHEN the Membership Update Report is run - I could be mistaken. So no existing memberships should have changed in your example. The only thing that should change is that that were, say, two months expired should have had their membership dropped since you changed the 'grace' period from 3 months to one.
Richard,
Thank you so much for your reply. I was beginning to think I sent that message out into the abyss. J I am trying to learn all I can about memberships, as we have been having a little trouble with tracking them. I do have a couple more questions for you if you don’t mind.
We are trying to pull a list of people whose memberships have expired within a certain time frame to send out a request for them to contribute again at the same level or above as the previous year. Do you do this at your organization? What general process do you follow – pre, pulling the list, and post?
Could you also walk me through your processes for memberships in general? For example, do you run the update utility once a month or once a week? What reports do you use and how? What reports do you find useful?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Marie Kocher
Development Assistant
1616 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 931-2232 x 1310
www.kcballet.org
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Hi Marie,
I wanted to point out some new resources to help you in your quest to learn all about memberships. Last month we released a new membership T-Class which you can find here. And a few months back we released an updated, more comprehensive and user friendly membership document which you can find here.
As for your specific question about creating a list of people with expired memberships in order to ask them to give again, that is exactly what the Membership Renewal Notices is designed to do. It’s located in the Renewal Notices and Bills report folder and you can find details about it in the membership document.
Kevin Sheehan
Documentation & Learning Resources Specialist
Tessitura Network
1 888 643 5778 ext 329 Office
ksheehan@tessituranetwork.com