At 3:00 PM -0800 11/2/00, Matthew Scholtz wrote:
>The calculation for Renewal Date already does look at the most
>recent Dues payment.
The calculation looks at the recent Dues payment, but calculates the
new expiration date based on the current expiration date. That is the
expiration date becomes one year (or whatever the duration is set to)
from the post date of the current payment IF THE MEMBERSHIP STATUS IS
NOT CURRENT OR GRACE. If there is a current membership, it adds the
duration to the current expiration date. In Sarah's case, the current
expiration is Oct 1, 1999. When the member made a dues payment in
July 1999, ebase assumes it is an early renewal, and sets the
expiration date to Oct 1, 2000.
Sarah, it would certainly be possible to change that calculation, and
I don't see any further problems. The decision to do it or not is a
business practice decision, not a technical one.
My reaction personally is that it would not be a good thing to do.
Seems to me you are penalizing members for renewing early, when you
should be rewarding them for removing the need to send renewals.
>
>Have you run the "Update All Find Fields" script since the second
>payment? If not, try running it and see if the Expiration Date
>changes. You might also want to check to make sure the Post Date
>for your second payment was entered correctly. Let us know if these
>steps don't help.
>
>HTH,
>Matt Scholtz
>
>At 12:38 PM 11/2/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>Is there a way to change the calculation of the renewal date from the first
>>dues payment to the last dues payment. For instance, I have a member who
>>first paid dues on October 1, 1998. They then paid dues again on July 15,
>>1999. By my thinking, they should be asked to renew their membership in July
>>2000, not October 1999. Do you recommend against this method? Will changing
>>the renewal date calculation have other consequences? Thanks.
>>
>>Sarah Bidwell
>>Administrative Director
>>Alternatives to Growth Oregon
>>520 SW 6th Ave., Suite 930
>>Portland, OR 97204
>>Voice: (503) 222-0282
>>Fax: (503) 222-0180
>>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Web Site: www.AGOregon.org
>>
>>Better, Not Bigger
> >
> >
> >
>Matthew Scholtz
>Evaluator and IS Coordinator
>Health Initiatives For Youth (HIFY)
>www.hify.com
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