The Garand Collectors Association

If you have not yet renewed your membership for the 2011-2012 Membership year we urge you to get them in soon!
The mailing list for the Winter ’11 GCA Journal will be cut around the first of November. If you have not renewed your membership by the time we cut the mailing list you will not receive the Winter ’11 edition!

Don’t forget….We need a signed and completed renewal form or you can renew online at our website www.thegca.org in The GCA Store!

Get ‘em in here gang!! :-)

Please remember that we have almost 15,000 members attempting to renew their memberships. When you renew your membership with a check or credit card information via the US Postal service we ask that you send a COMPLETED AND SIGNED OFFICIAL GCA RENEWAL FORM! That means that no other “form” is acceptable. If it doesn’t say MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL on it, then it’s not a renewal form. New Membership applications, old invoices or notes on scratch paper should not be substituted for a renewal form. The tri-fold mini membership applications are also not renewal forms, they are new membership applications for you to give to a friend that might like to join the GCA. If you pay online please pay through the portal on our website in the GCA Store so that we receive the proper documentation.

Renewals are not accepted by phone.

If you have been a GCA Member at any time since 2002 your membership has only been “inactive” and you should still send a RENEWAL….one can only be a NEW MEMBER once. It is very important that we do not duplicate memberships!

Renewal forms are distributed with the Summer issue of the GCA Journal. You can also download and print one from this website or if all else fails, feel free to call our office at 816-471-2005 and we’ll be happy to mail or fax you a copy.

Please remember that we have to file all of these forms. Imagine what our files would look like if we had to keep every piece of  scrap paper or envelope or whatever else one might send in to renew their membership. If you only send a check with no form at all we then we have to fill out a form FOR YOU in order to put something in our file. We have a very small staff here and a lot of renewals to get through so please be courteous and fill out your own renewal form. Also, we need your signed authorization with each renewal to submit (or not submit) your personal information to the CMP.

Thank you!

Hey GCA Members!

Along with your renewal form/envelope you probably found a small Tri-Fold GCA “mini” membership application. Many of you have been filling these out and sending them in with your membership renewal.

These are for you to give to a friend that may enjoy the benefits of being a GCA Member! All we need is the completed and signed renewal form/envelope.

Thanks Gang!

Renew online in the GCA Store…

http://www.thegca.org/store/membership_renewals.html

Or download the forms to mail or fax in…

http://www.thegca.org/membership

It’s time to renew your GCA Membership!! Here are some tips to speed up the process for everyone.

As you all know, GCA Memberships expire on September 1. Renewal forms are distributed with the Summer edition of the GCA Journal each year, so if you’ve received your Summer ’11 GCA Journal, you should have received a renewal form. Or, you may renew your membership online at our website, www.thegca.org, under The GCA Store tab. Either way, you will receive a paid invoice (receipt) with your new membership card at the bottom via first class mail. If you renew online, you will also receive an email confirmation when the transaction successfully processes.

With close to 15,000 members now, renewal season has become quite a task. This is part of the reason renewal notices are sent out early – to help spread out the incoming renewals and improve the overall work flow. Here are some steps you can follow to help make things go more quickly for everyone!

1) If you are mailing in your renewal with a check, money order or credit card payment, be sure to submit a completed and signed official GCA renewal form with your payment. You should have received one with your Summer GCA Journal or you can always print one from our website listed above. If we have to fill out your renewal form for you, yours will be the last to be done. Remember, there’s 15000 of you and just a few of us here!

2) Credit Card payments must include the CVV (Card Verification Value) code. That is the 3 digit code from the back of your credit card next to the signature line. We cannot run your credit card without this code! If the billing address is different from the mailing address, the billing address must be included as well to avoid your card being declined. We can only accept Visa and Mastercard.

3) Be sure to complete and sign your renewal form even if you are paying by check. Checks are separated from envelopes early on during processing and cannot be used as a reference. If you do not fill out your renewal form you will go to the back of the line until the rush subsides and someone has time to correspond with you.

4) Be sure your handwriting is legible. If you can’t read it….we probably can’t either.

5) Please do not tape your envelopes closed. Every envelope is opened by hand, one at a time. Remember….we have thousands of these envelopes to open. If we have to “fight” with tape we will most likely just go on to the next envelope and come back to yours when we have more time.

6) Please remember that we have a small team in our office. It will take some time to get through all of the renewals, plus process new memberships and orders coming in simultaneously. Please be patient….it might take a couple of months to get to your new membership card back. But rest assured that we won’t let you miss a single issue of the GCA Journal!!

We look forward to processing your GCA Membership renewal and as always….Thank you for your continued support of the GCA!!