Dear ARLIS/NA members, I apologize for the Mastercard mixup. We began the process of getting a Mastercard acct. in Nov. fully anticipating that we would have it up and running prior to the conference registrations and the membership renewals. Due to delayed paperwork from the bank which only got reprocessed last week, we hope to have the option of using your Mastercard available by next week. Let me assure you, however, that the conference registrations are being processed as if they were paid- so your tours and limited seating events are being tracked and put in place in the usual first-come-first-served order. You will be contacted again later this month to find out if you would still like it charged to your Mastercard account or not, if you have not already sent in an alternate form of payment. I apologize to the membership for not notifying you sooner, but we honestly thought we would have the account in December. I am attaching an email from from our new Conference Manager at Headquarters, Susan Rawlyk, which will help explain it. If you have further questions, please feel free to email me directly. Ted Goodman Vice-Pres./Pres-Elect [log in to unmask] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:09:33 -0700 To: Edward Goodman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: ARLIS/NA Membership Renewal Mailing & Web Form (fwd) Ted: I've made some queries as to the status of the MC payments and will provide an answer soonest. In the interim, ALL registrations received have been processed in the order in which they were received, regardless of payment method. Although I knew we were experiencing difficulties re mastercard, I was operating on the assumption they would be rectified. Accordingly, all individuals requesting payment via MC have been processed in the order in which they were received. Verification of registration and confirmation of tours etc. will be forwarded to all on or about 29 January, 2001. Hopefully by then we'll have the MC cleared up and we can provide clarification to the affected members at that time. Hope this helps with your immediate concern, please don't hesitate to contact me if further information is needed. Susan R. __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]