Thanks for all you do, Casey!!!
Corda
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Casey Henderson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It was great to see some of you at the NEOA conference earlier this month.
> One of the items on the agenda at our state meeting asked for people to
> please update their contact information in our membership directory. I
> apologize for the delay sending out these instructions about how to do
> that. The membership database is a password-protected system that is not
> available to the general membership, so I needed to modify the website to
> allow the updating of contact information.
>
> I have added a feature to the website whereby you can update your contact
> information without renewing your membership. You can still renew your
> membership or join MEEOA online the same as usual, but I have now added a
> way to update your contact information without making any changes to your
> membership status/renewal fields.
>
> To update your contact information:
>
> 1. Go to http://www.meeoa.org/join_meeoa_step1.php?id=4. A small form
> appears, with three steps.
>
> 2. Enter your email address in step 1, choose your membership type
> (individual or program) in step 2, and and choose the option to Update
> Contact Information in step 3.
>
> 3. The website will search for your information.
> - If your membership record is not found, you will receive an error
> message and a prompt to go back and try again (as well as a link to
> join
> MEEOA if your information is not in the database after multiple
> tries).
>
> - If multiple results are found, you'll see a list where you can
> choose the record you'd like to update. This may occur if you
> are a project
> director with multiple program memberships (you will need to update
> them
> one at a time).
>
> - For most individual members, only one result will be found, and you
> will be taken directly to the form that contains your contact
> information.
>
> 4. When the form appears with your contact information, make any
> desired changes and press the Submit button. The website will store your
> updated information, and you will not receive an invoice.
>
>
> That is all you need to do to update your contact information. To renew
> your membership or join MEEOA for the first time, the process is the same,
> except you need to choose the Join/Renew option in step 2, and you will
> receive an invoice at the end of the process.
>
> I also wanted to provide a few reminders and clarification about renewing
> your membership, especially with regard to program membership, as there
> seemed to be a little bit of confusion about that, and there are also some
> new programs in our association that may have questions about the
> membership renewal process.
>
>
> 1. The membership year runs from September 1 to August 31. While many
> people renew their membership when they register for the annual
> conference,
> membership is not specifically tied to the conference. You may renew
> your
> membership at any time during the year. The current cost of individual
> (professional) membership is $25, and the cost of a program membership
> is
> $75.
>
> 2. There is a delay between the time you submit your membership and the
> time we receive your payment. This means that there will be cases in
> which
> our database shows that you submitted a membership renewal, but that it
> is
> not yet paid. As soon as we receive payment, we will update your
> membership
> record in our database to show that you have paid.
>
> 3. If you are project director:
> - You must renew your individual/professional membership and your
> program membership(s) separately. You will need to complete the
> renewal
> process once for your individual membership, and once for each of
> your
> program memberships. As an example, if a project director supervises
> two
> TRIO programs, they would need to submit one individual
> membership and two
> program memberships (each submitted separately).
>
> - You will receive a separate invoice for each membership. We
> currently do not have a way to submit a single membership renewal for
> multiple programs simultaneously. Each invoice should contain a line
> indicating the program name and the type of membership, so you can
> tell
> them apart if you have multiple program membership invoices.
>
>
> If you would like to find out the current status of your individual and/or
> program membership(s), please contact the membership chair, Lena Michaud (
> [log in to unmask]). Lena can look up your records in our membership
> database and tell you if your individual and/or program membership has been
> submitted and/or paid for the current year.
>
> I apologize for the long email. I wanted to provide as many details as
> possible to help resolve any problems people might have. If you have any
> questions, you can contact Lena or myself and we will help you. Thank you.
>
> Casey Henderson
> MEEOA Webmaster
>
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> Casey O. Henderson
> Technology Specialist
> Maine Educational Outreach Programs
> 312 Chadbourne Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5713
> Tel: (207) 581-3707 Fax: (207)-581-2532
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
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