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+ANALYST Hi, I’d like to discuss how memberships
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+are managed and how exercise programmes for
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+members are prepared.
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+MANAGER Sure!
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+ANALYST For a start, how does someone become a
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+member?
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+MANAGER We’re approached by a prospective
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+member and we get them to fill in their personal
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+details on our form (see Section 3 on page 8).
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+ANALYST So what details does that form include?
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+MANAGER Oh, names, phone numbers, date of
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+birth, gender, and so on. In fact, that’s the same
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+information we keep about staff, except we don’t
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+bother with membership type for staff, and we
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+need to record their IRD number. Now that I
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+think about it, we would probably need some
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+way to add and change staff details as well.
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+ANALYST Right, got that. Before we continue,
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+what do you mean by “membership type”?
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+MANAGER Oh, each member is classified either
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+as “full” if they’re employed, “student” for students, “senior” for senior citizens, or “special”
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+for anything else that doesn’t fit into those types.
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+Anything other than full membership requires
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+proof of eligibility, like a current student ID card.
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+ANALYST Thanks for that. So what happens next?
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+MANAGER The new member pays the joining fee,
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+we record the joining date, then process the payment, assign them a member ID, and issue them
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+with a gym card. I guess with a computer system we could just enter all those details straight
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+into the database? Like details of any payments
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+and whether or not we’ve issued them a card.
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+ANALYST Correct, good point. I assume you’d
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+want to record the usual payment information
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+like the date, amount, and type of payment
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+(cash, EFTPOS, credit card, internet)?
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+MANAGER Yes, and link it back to the member.
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+ANALYST OK, that all sounds fairly standard then.
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+Are there ever any problems?
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+MANAGER Sure. Sometimes the member doesn’t
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+have enough money or they can’t provide evidence that they’re a student or similar. In these
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+situations, we record their details anyway, defer
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+the payment, and only issue the gym card once
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+they provide evidence of eligibility and/or pay.
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+ANALYST Who manages that process?
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+MANAGER The office staff.
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+ANALYST What other staff roles do you have?
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+MANAGER There’s me, then there are the trainers
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+who prepare exercise programmes for members.
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+ANALYST Ah, good, I wanted to ask about exercise
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+programmes next.
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+MANAGER Sure, what do you want to know?
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+ANALYST Well I’m pretty ignorant when it comes
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+to exercising so pretend I’m a new member and
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+I’ve just paid.
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+MANAGER OK, the first thing we do is assign you
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+to an individual personal trainer and record that
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+on your form (Section 3). The trainers are kept
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+pretty busy as they’re usually assigned to lots of
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+different members.
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+ANALYST OK, what happens next?
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+MANAGER The trainer and member spend some
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+time getting to know each other, so that they can
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+develop some goals for the member to work towards. These goals are also recorded on the form
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+(Section 3).
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+ANALYST Right. What about the exercises?
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+MANAGER Well, your trainer will prepare a personalised exercise programme by selecting a
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+suitable set of exercises based on your goals.
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+ANALYST So things like star jumps and push-ups?
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+MANAGER Yes, that’s right, and lat pull-downs,
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+bench press, squats, and so on. For each exercise your personal trainer records the weight (if
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+applicable), the repetitions, and any additional
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+notes. Notes are usually only added if you need
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+further clarification on an exercise or your personal trainer wants to follow up on something
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+later on.
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+ANALYST Can the same exercise appear more than
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+once in the same exercise programme?
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+MANAGER No, that doesn’t really make sense.
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+ANALYST Excellent, that’s everything I need.
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+Thanks!