Piloting automatic payments in the United States
In responses to requests from ICF Members and Chapter Leaders, we are currently operating a limited trial of autorenewals for ICF Memberships. An “autorenewal” is where members give ICF permission to automatically charge their ICF membership fee to their credit card each year as it becomes due without the member needing to take further action. Our membership and technology teams have been exploring implementation of this option and provide the following as an update:
- An autorenewal process is in a pilot process for the 2020-2021 membership year and this option will only be available in the USA this year to test the process.
- The rationale behind piloting autorenewal payments in the USA only is to allow for testing with a single currency in a single country.
- You will be able to track those members who autorenew, as we are adding a column on the Member List you can download from your member profile on org.
- Later testing will include: autorenewals payments in other countries and currencies (Euros, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars and British Pound Sterling); offline testing to scale to a worldwide offering; and testing for feasibility of acceptance of payments in multi currencies and collection of local membership dues on behalf of ICF Chapters.