Great Job Casey!! Thanks so much! Teri Teri Morse, Advisor (2015-16 President, MEEOA) Maine Educational Opportunity Center Mid Coast Territory 207.551.3331 CELL 207.581.2532 FAX On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Corda Kinzie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > > 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] > > > > > > -- > Corda Ladd Kinzie | GEAR UP Education/Partners Development Strategist > 11 South Road Readfield, ME 04355 > > c: 207.446.2160 > w: 207.685.3171 > www.syntiro.org > www.gearupme.org > *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* >