New NAR card

[stealth6]

Just got a new/replacement/upgraded card from NAR in the mail.

Nice. MUCH better than the old/existing one (which was pretty crappy quite honestly).
Thanks, NAR types!

s6

[tightwad]

Nice looking card. I got mine two days ago. Good job NAR.

[Scotty Dog]

YA BABY!
I like it.
Got mine today.
Cannt wait to flash that baby around.
I can really mess with some peoples heads at work.
I already got some thinking Im some kind of rocket scientist big shot.
This (card)will be the iceing on the cake.
Oh crap, I mentioned CAKE...here comes the herd.

[cwbullet]

Post a scan with you info blacked out.

[JPVegh]

YA BABY!
I like it.
Got mine today.
Cannt wait to flash that baby around.
I can really mess with some peoples heads at work.
I already got some thinking Im some kind of rocket scientist big shot.
This (card)will be the iceing on the cake.
Oh crap, I mentioned CAKE...here comes the herd.

You ARE a rocket scientist big shot, around here anyways.

CAKE? Did some one say CAKE?

[cwbullet]

I love proving my nerdness.

[DM1975]

Got mine a few days ago. Very nice and it has my favorite rocket on it too...

[Verna]

We got ours today, very much an improvement!

Verna
www.vernarockets.com

[Zeus-cat]

For those who have not recieved one yet they are hard plastic like a credit card; same size as a creidt card too. As has been said, a big improvement over the old flimsy ones.

[troj]

For those who have not recieved one yet they are hard plastic like a credit card; same size as a creidt card too. As has been said, a big improvement over the old flimsy ones.

Sounds like they went to something similar to what Tripoli uses.

-Kevin (who won't see his new card until April, unless they're replacing everyone's)

[Aksrockets]

Feels a lot more professional too. Anyone know who's rocket is on the front?

Alex

[Brent]

They are just like the TRA cards.

Sounds like they went to something similar to what Tripoli uses.

-Kevin (who won't see his new card until April, unless they're replacing everyone's)

[troj]

They are just like the TRA cards.

Nope. Lighter weight material (not by much, but a bit), and while NAR's are run through a laser printer, the Tripoli cards are produced on a card printer.

The two are not compatible, in terms of how information is put on them.

That said, they're nice cards, and a nice upgrade from the previous format (though the previous format worked just fine).

-Kevin

[JPVegh]

Well the Tripoli cards don't hold up well to sunlight, where as the old paper NAR cards don't sunfade at all. I may have to start carrying these things in my wallet.

[troj]

Well the Tripoli cards don't hold up well to sunlight, where as the old paper NAR cards don't sunfade at all. I may have to start carrying these things in my wallet.

Interesting; I've never left mine in sunlight. I do know that the film will rub off if you put it somewhere where something rubs on it all the time.

Do the current Tripoli cards have that problem? Tripoli bought a new card printer that uses a slightly different process a couple years ago.

-Kevin

[aditat2]

Yeah, just got mine yesterday. good looking card. Much better than the old one. Will continue to carry the old one as well - just in case. My memory is the second shortest thing I have, after all.

[JPVegh]

Interesting; I've never left mine in sunlight. I do know that the film will rub off if you put it somewhere where something rubs on it all the time.

Do the current Tripoli cards have that problem? Tripoli bought a new card printer that uses a slightly different process a couple years ago.

-Kevin

Yep, I carry my cards in a lanyard protector which I wear around my neck at launches, Tripoli on one side NAR on the other. After about a year the Tripoli card has faded pretty badly. I do sometimes leave the lanyard hanging from my car mirror though which is when it get most of its exposure to the sun. Like I said, I may need to start carrying these in my wallet.

[cwbullet]

Yep, I carry my cards in a lanyard protector which I wear around my neck at launches, Tripoli on one side NAR on the other. After about a year the Tripoli card has faded pretty badly. I do sometimes leave the lanyard hanging from my car mirror though which is when it get most of its exposure to the sun. Like I said, I may need to start carrying these in my wallet.

I suspect is is like my SAMs card. I had to start carrying It in my wallet.

[chadrog]

Don't get it near any liquid - I'm not certain what he hit it with, but someone was showing his off today with all of the information wiped off of the card. I'll put a piece of packing tape over mine, just like the old one.

[Verna]

Feels a lot more professional too. Anyone know who's rocket is on the front?

Alex

Now there's a thought! It would be pretty neat if you could have your own rocket or avatar on your NAR membership card. How hard could it be? Just a matter of emailing them a jpeg. If they could do that, I'd be willing to add $8 more for the effort and make it an even $70 for membership. With 5000+ members it might even be a decent fund raiser for NAR.

What do y'all think?

Verna
www.vernarockets.com

[cwbullet]

Now there's a thought! It would be pretty neat if you could have your own rocket or avatar on your NAR membership card. How hard could it be? Just a matter of emailing them a jpeg. If they could do that, I'd be willing to add $8 more for the effort and make it an even $70 for membership. With 5000+ members it might even be a decent fund raiser for NAR.

What do y'all think?

Verna
www.vernarockets.com

That is an awesome idea.

[NAR29996]

Now there's a thought! It would be pretty neat if you could have your own rocket or avatar on your NAR membership card. How hard could it be? Just a matter of emailing them a jpeg. If they could do that, I'd be willing to add $8 more for the effort and make it an even $70 for membership. With 5000+ members it might even be a decent fund raiser for NAR.

What do y'all think?

Verna
www.vernarockets.com

The biggest problem with that is picking which rocket to showcase. Not a problem for Verna, I suspect.

[troj]

Now there's a thought! It would be pretty neat if you could have your own rocket or avatar on your NAR membership card. How hard could it be? Just a matter of emailing them a jpeg. If they could do that, I'd be willing to add $8 more for the effort and make it an even $70 for membership.

Looking at the card material, and the printing on it, this isn't possible -- the cards come pre-printed with everything except your name, member number, expiration date, local club and cert level. Lightly run your fingernail over the card, and you can feel where the print is.

-Kevin

[Verna]

The biggest problem with that is picking which rocket to showcase. Not a problem for Verna, I suspect.

You know, actually, my new NAR card does have the rocket I would use at that, it just doesn't have the nose art on it. but at that scale, you couldn't really see it anyway. Still, I do think it would be great if everyone could have their personal favorite on their card.

Verna
www.vernarockets.com

[DRAGON64]

Nice touch, the cards are a pretty sweet.

[Marc_G]

Switching to the current cards away from paper is welcome. Next year, when I get my next one, I will use this year's card to mix epoxy or some such building task.

I do believe that switching further, to a process (oursourced of course) that allows individual avatar inclusion, would be cool. I would pay a premium for it if I knew that NAR was getting a percentage of the extra cost as a fundraiser.

[cwbullet]

Switching to the current cards away from paper is welcome. Next year, when I get my next one, I will use this year's card to mix epoxy or some such building task.

I do believe that switching further, to a process (oursourced of course) that allows individual avatar inclusion, would be cool. I would pay a premium for it if I knew that NAR was getting a percentage of the extra cost as a fundraiser.

I would agree agree the avatar would be cool. N

[mikeyd]

Got mine, but never did get my Level 2 pin.

[troj]

I do believe that switching further, to a process (oursourced of course) that allows individual avatar inclusion, would be cool. I would pay a premium for it if I knew that NAR was getting a percentage of the extra cost as a fundraiser.

Tripoli does that.

The upside is members can customize their card. The downside is that it requires a more expensive printer.

-Kevin

[JPVegh]

Switching to the current cards away from paper is welcome. Next year, when I get my next one, I will use this year's card to mix epoxy or some such building task.

I do believe that switching further, to a process (oursourced of course) that allows individual avatar inclusion, would be cool. I would pay a premium for it if I knew that NAR was getting a percentage of the extra cost as a fundraiser.

Mixing epoxy? It atleast deserves to be used as fin stock on a micro or a mini.