I agree with your assessment of the membership fee if you let it lapse. I personally renew it year to year and so have the same expiration date all the time... but I see your point of having let it lapse and then getting it anew... They may not have their program set up to differentiate between a lapse and a renewal... You may have to write them an e-mail explaining your situation to get it corrected. By the way... the rhyming was cool... :) Bill Brooks - KG6VVP PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 e-mail:[log in to unmask] http://www.dtwc.com http://pcbwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: Chris Ball [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] DC Membership Howdy- I recently received a DC membership invoice from IPC. If I pay my $50, I'll be a valid member from Sep.1-04 through Aug.31-05. I'm thinking I might re-up if it entitled me to membership for 12 months starting the day they got my money, but I don't really like the deal as presented. It's not a maintenance fee, it's a membership fee. I hadn't purchased spec's at half price or taken advantage of any other price breaks during the 'lapsed' time. As far as I'm concerned, I haven't been a member since last September (but my brain's not that limber since hit by that timber). If I re-join, it should be for a year from when I re-join. Anyone else recently receive a belated invoice? (Or feel the need to rhyme from time to time even at the risk of great personal embarrassment?) -Chris (el CID) "This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). The information contained therein may be confidential or privileged, and its disclosure or reproduction is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please return it immediately to its sender at the above address and destroy it." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------