I would like to be able to link gifts to an old membership instead of having to delete the renewal membership, post the gift, and then reenter the renewal membership again. We start issuing renewal statements months prior to due date and it makes it really difficult and time consuming to keep updated those members who make monthly payments on an annual membership (payroll deduction, recurring credit card payments and EFT debits) .
The current solution is to link the gift to past membership transactions - BY IMPORTING!!! This is not a good solution. Locking past membership transactions should be a choice, not forced. Membership module definitely needs a good overhaul.