Libraries who require in-person patron account renewals (so that they can confirm contact information etc.) may also want to send a record of the renewal to their patrons, so it would be nice if the new MEMBERSHIP_RENEWED notice coming with bug 28688 could be sent for manual patron account renewals, not just for automatic account renewals via the membership_expiry.pl cron.
We'd love a manual trigger for Membership_Renewed messages. All of our membership renewals are done manually, largely because we have a fairly transient population whose info changes frequently. Manual renewal gives us the opportunity to review the patron record--especially the contact info--and update it as needed. The manually-triggered notice would serve as a useful confirmation of the membership renewal itself, plus providing a useful and almost immediate check that any updates to the patron's email address have been done correctly. Gene Miller Library Associate Takoma Park (MD) Library
I'd also be in support of this feature, as our privacy policy requires that patrons must provide consent for us to renew their account, so the auto renewal process doesn't really work for us. As we have to manually renew all accounts, it makes more sense to have a MEMBERSHIP_RENEWED notice trigger whenever we manually renew as a record of this.