[ATMoB-discuss] Re: Re: [ATMoB-announce] S&T Renewal

[gdjacobson at verizon.net]

Mike, 

You are correct. When you pay your dues and indicate your desired subscriptions, it all gets taken care of between Dan Winchell and me.

Subscriptions which were synchronized to the end of the year remain so. We do get the club discount.

My comment - to send subscription renewal to Dan was confusing. When you get the S&T renewal form in the mail you do not need to do anything. Just follow our normal club membership renewal. Members will be notified by the Membership Secretary when to renew.

I hope this clarifies things.

Gary Jacobson




From: "P. Michael Hutchins" <pmh0232 at draper.com>
Date: Mon Jun 19 10:04:36 CDT 2006
To: gdjacobson at verizon.net
Subject: Re: [ATMoB-announce] S&T Renewal

Gary,

I don't understand.

My understanding has alwats been that - regardless of when S&T starts 
sending out notices..
(which they should know better than to, for members of ATMoB, eg)

..our subscriptions to S&T get renewed when we pay our dues to ATMoB.
(whenever that is, I forget)

...and furthermore, that S&T &/or ATMoB did some calendrial thing not 
all that long ago to try to synchronize our schedules so that this 
wouldn't be a problem.

Has something happened to change that?

I don't believe I heard of such.

Are we now supposed to send $$ directly to S&T?  How much?  Do we get 
the club discount?  How?  What do we send to the Club on our membership 
form?


Thanks,

 -- M.

Gary Jacobson wrote:
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> Many members are currently receiving subscription renewal notices from S&T.
> Yes, most members have synchronized their subscriptions to expire at the end of
> the year, but such is the practice of the magazine industry that they begin
> hounding subscribers with a never ending appeal for renewal many months before
> their end date. S&T is no exception to this.
>
> The notices direct you to send your renewal form to your club treasurer.
> For ATMoB, this activity is done by our membership secretary, currently Dan
> Winchell.
> Members are encouraged to renew membership early, but please send your forms to
> Dan. It makes our club accounting much easier.
>
> For those of you who have already sent renewals to me, not to worry. We will
> handle it as required.
>
> Thanks, and it looks like the skies are beginning to clear!
>
> Gary Jacobson
> ATMoB Treasurer
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