Memorandum

TO:NARST Members

FROM:Bill Kyle, Executive Director

DATE:December 1, 2012

SUBJECT:2013 NARST Membership Renewal Process

It is time to renew your NARST membership for 2013.

Please ensure that you renew your membership by December 31, 2012 as NARST dues are for the calendar year. You may have been among the greater than 94% of NARST members who renewed electronically in December 2011. If so, then you know how to manage your account at your convenience.

If you did not renew your 2012 membership electronically,then we encourage you to do so for 2013. Please follow the directions herein. Of course, if you prefer, you can continue to submit your membership form and payment through the mail or by providing banking details via fax.

Renewing your membership is as easy as clicking on Members Only, entering your personal Username and Password, and then clicking on “Renew Your Dues.”

Renewal features continuing from last year are as follows:

  1. You may change your membership status if you wish to save $10 and only subscribe to eJRST. Of course, you can continue to receive the hard copy of JRST(which also entitles you to eJRST) at the same renewal rate as 2012.
  2. You have the opportunity to donate to NARST in any of 5 voluntary contribution categories. If you wish to make a contribution you may enter any amount desired in any of the boxes or you may click to remove the default amount ($1). In order to have the donation functionality linked to the renewal page banking requirements necessitate a default other than 0.
  3. When you have renewed your membership, if you would like to receive Science Education at the special pricing for NARST members, then click on Store from the homepage. Please be sure to select the correct option offered by Wiley-Blackwell based upon your mailing address. Please note this is a separate transaction after your membership renewal.
  4. To avoid receiving renewal reminders beginning January 10th, remember to renew your membership by December 31st!

Finally, conference registration is a separate process that will go live by mid-January. Please remember we now do current membership checks at the time of conference registration. That is, if you initiate the process of registering for the conference at the member registration rate but you have not yet renewed your 2013 membership, then you will be prompted to renew first thereby ensuring you qualify for the member conference registration rate.

If you have any questions, please contact Taylor Entsminger at 703-234-4106 or via her emailat: . We look forward to your continued membership in NARST. Please do not hesitate to contact me personally if you have any recommendations and / or concerns related to NARST and your membership in NARST.

NARST Headquarters

12100 Sunset Hills Road * Suite 130

Reston, VA20190 - 3221 * USA

Phone: 703-234-4138 * Fax: 703-435-4390