Originally Posted by
Patrick McDonald
Here is a thought: We are trying to have people maintain "Continuous" membership ... what about introducing an "Initiation fee" that would be imposed on new players and if a player's membership has lapsed for 3 months or more they are deemed "new" and so subject to the initiation fee all over again ... this fee could be something like (let's see, $40/12=$3.33 times 3 months = $9.99) so perhaps a $10 initiation fee? Then we just make a membership go for 1 year from date of payment (to the day?) and if they have lapsed for 3 months or more they will be subject to the $10 initiation fee ... we bite the bullet on a 2 month lapse, but make up for it with those that lapse for longer?