Anyone get their renewed badge on the mail yet?

They haven't sent them out yet. The new design took longer to print (ink heavy design). There was problems with the laminator machine, and in the initial printing, it skipped a whole series of badge numbers. This was the info from last weeks meeting. I believe they said we should see them by the end of the month.

As a side note, I wonder why they don't go with a permanent badge? The yearly badge seems redundant with the keyfob technology and the ability to disable them at will...

 

They also talked about putting barcodes or qrc codes on future ones so they can check membership status on the fly with a smart phone, again, I don't see the point in that with the fob being used as a fail safe...

Treasurer said he printed out 1,100 badges and didn't like the way they came out. That is 6 badges per page. Didn't this guy think about printing 1-2 test pages before printing almost printing almost 185 pages .

My 2011 badge came yesterday. Fyi

My 2011 badge came yesterday. Fyi

 

Mine too. Much nicer then last years.

Got mine. It's made out of gold embossed with diamonds. Are they all like that?

Mine has crossed rifles with pistols in the background.

Got mine. It's made out of gold embossed with diamonds. Are they all like that?

 

Same here, except mine was wrapped in $100 bills.. 7 of them...

Last meeting they were talking about spending like 60 thousand dollars for smart phone technolgy.there's not that technology in the njfid card. If a piece of oaktag is good to buy long arms.it should be good enough for a club badge

Last meeting they were talking about spending like 60 thousand dollars for smart phone technolgy.there's not that technology in the njfid card. If a piece of oaktag is good to buy long arms.it should be good enough for a club badge

 

WTF do we need smartphone technology for our badges? I also don't understand why they don't make 5 year badges with the clause of (provided dues are maintained in good standing) written on it. Then just use the keyfob to deactivate gate/building access if people quit or don't pay dues.

The printing of the badges was delayed because the club treasurer printed 1100 badges (6 per page) and didn't like the way they came out. How much money was wasted there? If they can't figure out a printer how are they going to operate a smartphone??

The printing of the badges was delayed because the club treasurer printed 1100 badges (6 per page) and didn't like the way they came out. How much money was wasted there? If they can't figure out a printer how are they going to operate a smartphone??

 

Yeah, based on the folks at the meeting, i'd be suprised they even have cell phones with cameras in them, let alone a smart phone with barcode reading technology. It will never pass a vote, in my opinion... Like I said before, make a permanent badge, and use the existing key fob technology to control paid Vs. no paid membership. simple..

Yeah, based on the folks at the meeting, i'd be suprised they even have cell phones with cameras in them, let alone a smart phone with barcode reading technology. It will never pass a vote, in my opinion... Like I said before, make a permanent badge, and use the existing key fob technology to control paid Vs. no paid membership. simple..

 

Or heck, just make the badges and RFID one piece. Regardless, with the run off 1100 before checking the appearance thing, as well as wanting to spend 60k on "smartphone technology" whatever they actually mean by that, our board is made up of people who don't know what the hell they are doing.

seems to be a common problem with ranges in Jersey. Cherry Ridge suffers from the same thought process.

With waste like this you know why they charge $400 extra to join the first year.