John.Hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine) (05/27/91)
A couple of us just got reminder notices for our annual membership subscriptions that were paid 4 and 6 months ago respectively! Has anyone else had this problem or is this just a coincidence? Does ACM have an e-mail address we can use to sort this out? jh -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz Post: Dept. of Computer Science Phone: +64 4 715-328 Victoria University Fax: +64 4 712-070 P.O. Box 600, Wellington, NZ
horstman@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) (05/27/91)
In article <1991May27.010251.6255@comp.vuw.ac.nz> John.Hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine) writes: > > >A couple of us just got reminder notices for our annual membership >subscriptions that were paid 4 and 6 months ago respectively! Has >anyone else had this problem or is this just a coincidence? Does ACM >have an e-mail address we can use to sort this out? > I just got a notice, but my membership expires in July, so it is ok. What bugs me is those contributions on the bottom: Contribution: WBGH $15 Optional Contribution $15 Is the WBGH contribution mandatory? I really dislike this entire idea of contributions already added into my total. (The ACM isn't the only one doing this, the AMS [American Math Society] does the same). In fact, it annoys me so much that I always cross them out and don't have to feel guilty for not contributing ("If they would have only asked me nicely, I would have...") Cay
U09046@uicvm.uic.edu (Bob Jackiewicz) (05/27/91)
In article <1991May27.055458.16649@mathcs.sjsu.edu>, horstman@mathcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann) says: >Contribution: WBGH $15 >Optional Contribution $15 > >Is the WBGH contribution mandatory? I really dislike this entire idea of >contributions already added into my total. >In fact, it >annoys me so much that I always cross them out and don't have to feel guilty >for not contributing ("If they would have only asked me nicely, I would >have...") Not that this has anything to do with the ACM directly, but when I was in Florida for Spring Break, we went downstairs to the HoJo restaurant. There were 4 of us, and the bill came to something like $19. They had a 'Voluntary (?) Gratuity' space on the check. It kinda pissed me off that they put a gratuity in there, but they had the audacity to come and tell us that we underpaid by a dollar! When we told the cashier that we took the dollar from the gratuity, she looked at us like this never happened before. What does this mean: People (companies) try to do it all the time. Pay what you have to, plus what you want. Brought to you by the sick mind of Bob Jackiewicz, writer of wrongs, wronger of rights. BITNET: U09046@UICVM "Touch my monkey!" -Dieter InterNet: U09046@UICVM.UIC.EDU "Those people [who copycat movie murders] "A European swallow or an should not only be put in jail, but should African swallow?" -Python, M. also be sued for plagiarism!" -Stephen King
mayer@gmdzi.gmd.de (Hans Mayer) (05/28/91)
From article <1991May27.010251.6255@comp.vuw.ac.nz>, by John.Hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine): > > > A couple of us just got reminder notices for our annual membership > subscriptions that were paid 4 and 6 months ago respectively! Has > anyone else had this problem or is this just a coincidence? Does ACM > have an e-mail address we can use to sort this out? I think there is a problem with all of us overseas members. You get your renewal invoice about four to six weeks before expiration and that is a really short period for someone like me who has to go to his bank and ask for drawing a cheque and sending it back to ACM. Try to mail to ACMHELP@ACMVM.BITNET and ask if they could check if your dues have been received. - Hans -- Hans J. Mayer, mayer@gmdzi.gmd.de (or hmayer@venus.darmstadt.gmd.de) German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD)
jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879) (05/28/91)
From article <4788@gmdzi.gmd.de>, by mayer@gmdzi.gmd.de (Hans Mayer): > From article <1991May27.010251.6255@comp.vuw.ac.nz>, by John.Hine@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Hine): >> >> A couple of us just got reminder notices for our annual membership >> subscriptions that were paid 4 and 6 months ago respectively! ... > > I think there is a problem with all of us overseas members. Unless Iowa has come to be treated by New Yorkers as an overseas state, this problem is not confined to overseas members. I usually get reminder notices from ACM headquarters after I pay my dues. It is sufficiently usual that I don't really worry about it, although the total cost of the postage for all these reminders must be tremendous if the problem is really widespread. Doug Jones jones@cs.uiowa.edu