Very beneficial and helpful

Our desired behavior is to print plastic membership cards thru a local printer dedicated to that purpose. An example is to use the Evolis Pebble 4 or the Evolis Tattoo 2.  These are label printers (one card at a time) but we need to print in batches too.  Our application is to print member related text on a pre-printed card.

http://www.evolis.com/eng/Products/Card-printers

Very much needed feature!! 

YES absolutely!!! I'd like to see this VERY much.

For us it does not have to be complicated: First & Last name and date of expiration and  a place to put our logo and a bit of custom text...

 A great side effect of doing it this way is that it ensures people who consider themselves members who are part of a bundle are actually signed up. I know it seems that people would of course sign up up but once the company signs up and they have the card their bundle administrator gave them, we lose track of them. This would force them to interact with our website at least once a year!

As WA is still deciding whether to roll out this feature, Has anyone comeup with a workaround to get cards online with membership info filled out?

I could post a blank card template in the members only section, BUT i wondered if anyone knows of third party software that would do the merge for me so that we could post  the cards online already merged? I don't see mail merge being the answer for saving individual cards and posting them... unless I'm missing something in it's features.

Meagan 

Well after many years with WA this is something now we really "must have" to keep productivity going. Unfortuantly we have begun the processes of "looking around" to better fit our needs as we started this so many years ago.

Members being able to print/access things instantly is top priority for us, as we offer insurance and our members need "proof".

Also not having a affiliate program after years and years on our "must have" have list has also pushed us to start searching for new membership software.

We currently have 3 WA sites and really do not wish to change. As a loyal customer we simply need to know that something SOON will be done.

I understand that the needs of "All WA" customers are important but this has been something many many many have asked for...

Any feedback, any suggestions, Anything at all is welcomed!

Kim,

As you know we have released many updates over the last few years - and we intend to keep our pace. All the items are scheduled based on the balance of many factors, primarily driven by how many clients request a particular feature - then also by how hard to implement it. This one is pretty high in terms of client requests but also requires very substantial development effort. We are currently researching ways to solve this need.

The affiliate program has a separate thread - that one is a different challenge - actually defining what exactly is to be implemented. 

Can you give us an idea of the timeline for this feature since you are planning 2010????

 PLEASE see if you can add this to the definite updates of this year.... We really NEED this feature!

Happy New Year!

We have been doing research on this and have not found a definitive solution yet. We definitely expect to address this within 2010 but we do not have a precise timeline yet. We will post updates here as we have more information.

Note that we are trying to address a broader issue first - generating labels - which applies to contacts, members, event registrants etc.  We will most  probably not release a solution for each area within 2010 - but once the overall issue is solved, we should be able to progress quickly on remaining details.

We have made this one of our Top 50 features for 2010. We hope to start development within the next 12 months.

As you can imagine, this is a complex issue, especially since we want it to be simple to use and also functional on as many computer platforms as possible. We'll let you know the results of our analysis and its release date as soon as we can.

As always, keep the ideas, uses, and suggestions coming.

YES!!!!! We are So glad to hear that! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!

Kind Regards,
Meagan Forney


Boulder Green Building Guild (BGBG)
Administrative Assistant/ Member Manager




 

Just adding my vote for this ability - we need name tags and membership cards.

Thanks for your efforts!

It would be good to have mailing labels.--any of the smaller sizes--we can adjust

Or be able to choose what data is exported rather than needing to export all the data and delete it.

 Teri

OFLA

I'd like to also add to this badge issue that this would be a very important and useful feature.  We also would use the avery label size already quoted by others and the fields we'd like to see would be just name and company name. 

I'd recommend if you set this up that you allow us to also insert a logo or image in the badge printing template along with the ability to define what fields will print on the badge from the fields offered in the database and where on the badge the logo/image and field can be inserted.  Flexibility is important with this area.

Understood, thanks.

We do want to provide this flexibility so researching a way to do this. 

This would be a very useful feature to us as well.  Either a membership card (business card size) or a certificate would suffice for us.  Must include member name and expiration date as well as a spot to insert a logo.  The Members should be able to go on line and print off their own card.

Thanks!