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Membership Number
First two characters reflect
membership type
Check Your Mailing Label
Membership Dues Expiration Date. The example
shows a dues date of January 1st, 2005
*************************************************5 Digit
R012345 01/01/06
JOHN J. JOHN
12345 MAIN ST
SMILEY NY 01234-5678
DELIVERY POINT BARCODE
Check your name and address ( Apt./Bldg/Lot No.). Notify the Membership
Chairman if you find an error. If your zip code does not contain 9 digits
(zip+4), your address is not correct according to the USPS. Contact your local
Post Office for proper format.
Let’s stay ahead of your “Dues are due” date for this
year and the years to come!
Note the following KWVA Bylaw relating to Payment of membership
dues.
“Article I, Section 3, Par B. Payment of Dues.
National dues shall be sent to the Membership Office listed on the
Official Application Form and collated by the National Treasurer. All
dues, after initial application payment, shall be due and payable on
January 1 each year and be valid for a calendar year (1 January – 31
December). Dues shall be prorated for all new members the second
year to bring all dues paying members to the calendar dues date. Life
Membership may be paid in a lump sum or in six (6) equal payments
over a twelve (12) month period. All dues collected by any Regular
Member, Chapter or Department shall also be sent to the Membership
Office.”
Please look at the mailing label used to mail this magazine to you
[See example below]. Right above your first name is your membership
number. Your “Dues are due” date appears on the label to the
right of this number and on the same line. This is the date that your
membership in KWVA expires. You are no longer a member in good
standing if your dues have not been received by that date. Payment of
your dues will extend your membership or reactivate it, if your membership
has been inactivated, due to non-payment of dues.
Many members do not renew their membership by
the date indicated
It has been observed that many of the members whose dues are
“past due” think that they are supposed to wait until they receive a
dues notice before paying. This is not accurate! Don’t wait. Pay by
the date indicated or as soon thereafter as possible.
Failure of members to pay their dues by the “Dues are due” date
creates an unnecessary expense for KWVA, and an unnecessary consumption
of volunteer time by staff at chapter, department and national
levels of KWVA. Mailing of over-due notices, such as the one
many members received recently, is expensive. Renewal of membership
by or before the “Dues-due” date will help to avoid this
expense.
Unnecessary telephone calls, failure to receive ballot in time to
cast your vote, the voiding of your vote [if you submitted a ballot]
and the like, are just some of the OTHER extra expenses and timeconsuming
activities created
when dues are not paid on time.
Periodically, reminders are
published in the The
Graybeards to alert you to the
need to renew if you want to
maintain your membership. In addition to other times, this reminder
is published in the Sep/Oct and Nov/Dec issues. This is done in anticipation
that you will read it and pay your dues by the 1st of January,
for those of you whose dues expire on that date.
Sample of “Dues-due” date: 01/01/06 – this means
January 1, 2006
If the first letter in your membership number is an “R” or a
“C”:
You are a “Regular” member and “Regular” members’ dues are
paid on an annual basis.
• If your dues are due January through March, your dues are
...$20.00
• If your dues are due April through June, your dues are
...$15.00
• If your dues are due July through September, your dues
are....$10.00
• If your dues are due October through December, your dues are
...$5.00
If the first letter in your membership number is an “A”:
You are an “Associate” member and Associate members’ dues are
paid on an annual basis.
• If your dues are due January through March, your dues are ..
$12.00
• If your dues are due April through June, your dues are ...$9.00
• If your dues are due July through September, your dues
are....$6.00
• If your dues are due October through December, your dues are
...$3.00
If the first letter of your membership number is other than
the ones listed above, none of the information above concerning
dues applies to you.
Payment of your dues on the above schedule
in the amounts shown will result in your
Important: If
barcode does not
extend across
full label, your
zip code does
not have 9 digits
and your address
is not correct
according to the
USPS. Contact
your local Post
Office for proper
format.
“Dues are due” date being adjusted to the
beginning of the year, rather than being at
other times of the year, as yours may be.
Life Membership:
Life membership for a “Regular” member
is $150.00, regardless of age. There is no
charge for members classified as MOH, Ex-
POW, Honorary, Gold Star Spouse or Gold
Star Parent, but an appropriate membership
application and certification form is to be initially
submitted.
March - April 2006
The Graybeards