Is it possible to add an additional status to memberships, like "long lapsed"? We don't want to make constiuents' memberships inactive for a long period of time, but we would like some way of differentiating between newly lapsed and longer lapsed.
Thanks.
Hi Lou Ann,
I would assume that you would not be able to add a new status since there are so many things that rely on the current ones to operate correctly, even if you ran a local proc to update it accordingly. You may want to open a ticket with the TASK support desk to verify that.
You might, however want to see if using a list to segment these people is a viable option.If you were to set the lapsed rule to account for the "long lapsed" memberships to keep them current, you could then set up a dynamic list using the "Membership Current Exp Date" to find the newly lapsed constituents.If say you've defined within the last 3 months for a newly lapsed constituent, you could set your criteria like so in list manager:
Membership Current Exp Date >= MonRunDate -3andMembership Current Exp Date <= RunDate
If the reports you are running etc. have the option to use a list, this may be a solution for you.
Hope this helps.
Thanks Ryan. I'm probably going to keep the shorter lapse period, and query for the inactive members, tracking and recognizing them in a different way.