Yes, the handwriting would look very nice.  Perhaps a way to make them more "professional" would be to purchase a small laminator and laminate the cards.  Good luck!



Deborah Dodge Winton
Administrative Assistant
Indian Arts Research Center
School of American Research
www.sarweb.org

>>> Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]> 01/03/01 02:16PM >>>
Why not use nice handwriting anyway, and forget the typewriting.  It's so
impersonal.
Ross Weeks Jr.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lake Superior Railroad Museum" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:42 AM


> Good morning! I have a question about museum membership. We do not have a
> membership secretary, so membership duties are handled by our office
> manager. Because of this, our memberships go from January 1-December 31,
> with some exceptions case by case. Currently, she has to put business-card
> sized membership cards into her typewriter and individually fill each one
> out with the member's name, expiration date, and membership category. The
> membership cards are basically business cards with our logo and a few
lines
> to write or type information on. As you can imagine, this is time
consuming,
> frustrating, and impractical in many ways. We would very much like a
> different method of doing this. We looked into getting sheets of business
> cards that would be filled out on the computer, but if we get a new member
> in, say, June, filling out one card on the computer would mean wasting the
> other 9 cards on the sheet. Once one card is torn off, the sheet cannot be
> fed through the printer. I hope that I have explained this in an
> understandable fashion. If anybody has a membership system that they are
> happy with, I would greatly appreciate your input. Thank you!

> Alissa Acker
> Curator of Education
> Lake Superior Railroad Museum
>

========================================================Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).