[H-GEN] Membership forms

[Mark Ellem]

Hi,

On 15/08/2009, at 11:53 AM, Elspeth Thorne wrote:

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> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:27 AM, <matheist76 at westnet.com.au> wrote:
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>> I don't see any real reason not to have a double sided form. Those  
>> in charge, the Exec, surely should be able to print both sides.  
>> It's not hard. By having the UQ terms and conditions it means that  
>> new members are made aware of the conditions of the use of UQ's  
>> network. If they don't know what they are then they should not have  
>> signed the form. So if they do breach those conditions we can point  
>> out that they were informed of them.
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> Matt;
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> The exec has in the past many, many, many times printed out the forms
> single-sided. I would advocate a single-sided form on the basis that
> the exec gets it wrong about 50% of the time (in the last 5 years). It
> would make it a lot simpler.

Hence the idea is for a 2 page PDF that can either be double sided on  
one page or 2 single pages.

> Additionally, card stock in advance of the AGM should be created; that
> or some form of printing from the as-yet vapourware database.

The membership database now has a schema and the current Exec is  
working with Stephen Thomas and Daniel Devine for a web based front- 
end for admin and general tasks. Hopefully this work is continued by  
the next executive as things as moving faster on this particular  
project than in the past.

Cheers,
Mark.