[NFBofSC] FW: Change to Membership Status

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From: Braun, Beth <Bbraun at nfb.org> 
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2025 3:52 PM
To: Braun, Beth <Bbraun at nfb.org>
Cc: McCann, Danielle <dmccann at nfb.org>
Subject: Change to Membership Status

 

Dear Chapter Presidents,

 

We have made a small but important change to the membership statuses in the database for you to be aware of moving forward. You do not need to make any changes or take any action. Please note this process change is regarding Lapsed and Expired—essentially flipping them from the previous process. This change is due to hidden code we discovered in the CiviCRM database that limits how the statuses automatically change. 

 

Starting later this week, we will have a one-time update: those memberships currently listed as Expired (less than two years since they last paid dues) will be changed to Lapsed. And going forward, each year memberships that are in a status of Grace on January 31 will automatically change to Lapsed. Expired status will be for those who have been Lapsed for more than two years.  This will all happen through an update process that runs automatically. Below is the flow of how membership statuses will flow going forward.

 

With this change the full membership process is as follows:

New (automatically changes to Current)

Current (automatically changes to Grace every December 31)

Grace (membership coordinators manually change to Current; automatically changes to Lapsed on January 31 if no manual change is made)

Lapsed (automatically changes to Expired after two years as Lapsed)

 

For new memberships that are added for people who have an existing membership in New, Current, Grace, or Lapsed status, the newly added membership will be in a status of Current. 

For new memberships that are added for people who only have Expired memberships, the newly added membership will be in a status of New and they will receive the new member information. 

 

Please continue to send notice of deceased members to bbraun at nfb.org <mailto:bbraun at nfb.org>  so that we can make that change.

 

This message is being sent to affiliate, division, and chapter presidents and membership coordinators.

 

Again, you do not need to make any changes or take any action. Please send me any questions or concerns, Beth

 

 

 

 

Beth Braun
Chief of Staff
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314, extension 2369  |  <mailto:bbraun at nfb.org> bbraun at nfb.org 

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