[C320-list] Log In HELP

[Bill Culbertson]

 Hi Tom,
An easy way to get to the new site is to open this link and do as guided.
https://c320.org/page.php/May_03_2021_PaidUpMembers

 -bill
Bill CulbertsonC320IA Secretary/TreasurerHarmony #859
    On Saturday, July 3, 2021, 07:40:21 PM EDT, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Thanks.  The NEW site is?

Tom Grass

On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 7:19 PM David Prudden <dprudden at comcast.net> wrote:

> Tom,
> Go to the old site (c320.org) and you will see the link at the top of the
> page to renew. The new site is the only way to pay by credit card and you
> will need to create e a username and password. The username will be your
> email address.
>
> If you don’t want this option, you can mail a check and I believe you can
> still use PayPal.
>
> David Prudden
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 3, 2021, at 6:02 PM, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks.  Just to clarify, if I want to pay dues with a Credit Card -
> where
> > do I go?
> >
> > Tom Grass
> >
> >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 5:36 PM Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Tom,
> >>
> >> The new system (Wild Apricot) is a commercial grade, association
> >> management system that the C320 International Association has selected
> to
> >> replace the manual service that used to take care of collecting checks,
> >> signing you up for Mainsheet magazine, etc. It should help us streamline
> >> the entire membership process and expand the value of being a member of
> the
> >> Association.
> >>
> >> We encountered a seemingly endless stream of problems managing our
> >> association membership base using contracted individuals over the past
> 10
> >> years, plus they ate up a fair amount of our dues money on top of
> >> everything.
> >>
> >> So, Bill Culbertson has been doing quite a lot of work to tune the
> >> database to prepare it for becoming THE website for our association. The
> >> C320.org site is a separate web portal that I set up and have been
> >> running/upgrading/hosting for probably 15 years now and while there is
> >> quite a bit of content and capability, I was never a fan of taking
> payments
> >> directly there or having it be the definitive database of members.
> >>
> >> Today, the old C320.org site is having a few problems right now as a
> >> result of the last security update that I hope will be corrected by some
> >> software patches and a few coding tweaks on my part as soon as I can
> get to
> >> them.
> >>
> >> For now, the two websites are entirely unconnected, so
> usernames/passwords
> >> set on the one system cannot be automatically reflected in the other. I
> >> trust the new site for collecting payments and when we finish setting it
> >> up, we should be able to move most of the content over.  There is
> really no
> >> content in the C320.org site that actually requires logging in to access
> >> other than managing your own photo gallery and submitting articles. If
> >> there are some areas that are blocked out, we could open those up.
> >>
> >> The photo gallery is the most challenging part of a migration to our new
> >> Wild Apricot based system right now and we're looking for ways to handle
> >> that.
> >>
> >> Thanks for everyone's patience and especially Bill for his hard work
> >> setting up this new system.
> >>
> >> Hopefully this helps explain a bit more of what's going on.  Any
> questions
> >> or want to volunteer to help out, let us know!
> >>
> >> -Jeff Hare
> >> 2001 #809 Woodbine II
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of
> >> Tom Grass
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2021 3:43 PM
> >> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> >> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Log In HELP
> >>
> >> BTW - I do NOT want to join the new paying system until I know I can
> >> safely log onto the C320 site.
> >>
> >> Tom Grass
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 3:39 PM Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I cannot log in to a) pay my dues and b) to change my password and/or
> >>> login.  I need some assistance.
> >>>
> >>> Tom Grass
> >>> tgrass462 at gmail.com
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>