[arrl-odv:25658] Membership Applications from Hamfests
Good Morning all: Would you take some time to give me a little information on how you sign up new/renewed memberships at Hamfests where ARRL Staff is not using their credit card 'square' program: What is your estimate of cash for membership fees verses individuals using a credit card? For credit card new/renew membership applications, do you ever use online method? (using the Join/Renew button on the ARRL homepage) Thanks for your help 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director
Hello Jim; The preferred method that I have used is the credit card informationwritten on the renewal form. I would say that about one person in 10 prefersto use cash, another two in ten use checks. When handling the renewals in cash it does take the extra step to convert the cash into a money order. I have never "sold" a membership at a hamfest or convention by useof the online method. 73, Kermit W9XA From: Northwestern Div. Director <nwdvd@comcast.net> To: arrl-odv@arrl.org Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:56 AM Subject: [arrl-odv:25658] Membership Applications from Hamfests <!--#yiv0345246477 _filtered #yiv0345246477 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv0345246477 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv0345246477 #yiv0345246477 p.yiv0345246477MsoNormal, #yiv0345246477 li.yiv0345246477MsoNormal, #yiv0345246477 div.yiv0345246477MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv0345246477 a:link, #yiv0345246477 span.yiv0345246477MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0345246477 a:visited, #yiv0345246477 span.yiv0345246477MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0345246477 span.yiv0345246477EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv0345246477 .yiv0345246477MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered #yiv0345246477 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv0345246477 div.yiv0345246477WordSection1 {}-->Good Morning all: Would you take some time to give me a little information on how you sign up new/renewed memberships at Hamfests where ARRL Staff is not using their credit card ‘square’ program: What is your estimate of cash for membership fees verses individuals using a credit card? For credit card new/renew membership applications, do you ever use online method? (using the Join/Renew button on the ARRL homepage) Thanks for your help 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEXARRL the National Association for Amateur RadioNorthwestern DivisionDirector _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
How: Members fill out application blank, fill out the part with their credit card information if they are using a credit card, they select a book as a membership hamfest or convention premium, and present either cash or a check if not using a credit card. All books are given out at the event. Essentially none are mailed from Newington. Cash is counted, and a check for that amount is sent with the application forms to Newington. The split between credit cards and cash varies. In a mostly-swapmeet event, if some people haven't spent all their cash, they come by and renew ARRL membership with what's left. There are people who seemingly do not use credit cards and prefer to pay with cash. Breakdown from some recent events: Event Cash Credit-Cards Checks convention 1 31 79 15 convention 2 5 11 0 hamfest 1 6 8 1 hamfest 2 7 4 5 Total 49 102 21 73, Dick, N6AA On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Northwestern Div. Director < nwdvd@comcast.net> wrote:
Good Morning all:
Would you take some time to give me a little information on how you sign up new/renewed memberships at Hamfests where ARRL Staff is not using their credit card ‘square’ program:
What is your estimate of cash for membership fees verses individuals using a credit card?
For credit card new/renew membership applications, do you ever use online method? (using the Join/Renew button on the ARRL homepage)
Thanks for your help
73 and good Hamming
Jim Pace, K7CEX
ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio
Northwestern Division
Director
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Thanks Richard; those numbers are exactly what I needed. 73, Jim From: Richard J. Norton [mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 1:35 PM To: Northwestern Div. Director <nwdvd@comcast.net> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:25658] Membership Applications from Hamfests How: Members fill out application blank, fill out the part with their credit card information if they are using a credit card, they select a book as a membership hamfest or convention premium, and present either cash or a check if not using a credit card. All books are given out at the event. Essentially none are mailed from Newington. Cash is counted, and a check for that amount is sent with the application forms to Newington. The split between credit cards and cash varies. In a mostly-swapmeet event, if some people haven't spent all their cash, they come by and renew ARRL membership with what's left. There are people who seemingly do not use credit cards and prefer to pay with cash. Breakdown from some recent events: Event Cash Credit-Cards Checks convention 1 31 79 15 convention 2 5 11 0 hamfest 1 6 8 1 hamfest 2 7 4 5 Total 49 102 21 73, Dick, N6AA On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Northwestern Div. Director <nwdvd@comcast.net <mailto:nwdvd@comcast.net> > wrote: Good Morning all: Would you take some time to give me a little information on how you sign up new/renewed memberships at Hamfests where ARRL Staff is not using their credit card ‘square’ program: What is your estimate of cash for membership fees verses individuals using a credit card? For credit card new/renew membership applications, do you ever use online method? (using the Join/Renew button on the ARRL homepage) Thanks for your help 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
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Kermit Carlson -
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Richard J. Norton