On 25 February 2010 05:33, Jarry 1250 <jarry1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I know I would certainly have appreciated some form of written communication > through the post on becoming a member, just, y'know, to reassure me you guys > knew I existed. > > Even a welcome letter with a nice letterhead and a little card wouldn't go > amiss. While you're there, you could preach to your enthusiastic new member > about the sorts of project they could be involving themselves in on behalf > of WMUK. This might add a few more man-hours to the project.
You should have received a welcome email. We don't send things by post very often because we view it as an unnecessary cost. A letter and a little card would probably cost about £1.50 - that's 25% of your membership fee. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org