and chip collecting. As far as the time required for the Treasurer to notify the Membership Officer that a payment has been received on-line, and then for the Membership Officer to record you into the database, print a Membership card, stuff the New Member envelope and mail it out, will be around a week, or so.

Although the process is automated on the front end, it is the middle and end processes that remain manual.

If you have any questions about the progress, just email the Membership Officer (Ralph Myers)at: membership@ccgtcc.com . Ralph is off today, and might jump in here to clarify any statement I have made.

If so, Ralph is the "source" for Club-related membership issues.

BTW - Club-related questions (like this one) are encouraged to be posted on the Club's Message Board (www.ccgtcc.com). I mention this only because this message board (thechipboard.com) is sometimes confused by new members (and confused members) as being the Club's Message Board.

So, while you are waiting for your card (and number) do tell us a little about yourself...

Have you been collecting long? What is your collecting interest(s)? What part of the Country (World) are you in? etc....

Jim Follis
On-Line Communications Director