The answer to Rebecca Steel's question about a membership card is no,
because ARLIS/NA doesn't use them.
This is a question that comes up more often than you might think, so let me
give a bit of background. The Society doesn't issue membership cards
because printing and mailing them is an expense for which there isn't a
good business case -- the cards provide no added value. It's important
that the Society control the cost of servicing its memberships in order to
keep membership dues down. The Executive Board last reviewed the idea of
membership cards in 1999/2000, and turned it down.
Karen
At 08:39 AM 03/23/01 EST, you wrote:
>We received a receipt for our renewed membership but no membership
>card. Should we have? Thanks much.
>Sincerely,
>Rebecca D. Steel, Librarian
Karen McKenzie
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