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+# Member Classification Script
+
+Classifies members from an email list into three categories:
+- **not-in-good-standing**: Status is not "Member in Good Standing" (including empty values)
+- **existing-member**: In good standing and already in the member database
+- **new-member**: In good standing but not yet in the database
+
+## Requirements
+
+Python 3.6+ (no external dependencies)
+
+## Usage
+
+### Basic Usage
+```bash
+python classify_members.py
+```
+
+Uses default files: `AllMembersEmails-20FEB2026.csv` and `nnjdsamembers.csv`
+
+### Custom Files
+```bash
+python classify_members.py --all-members your-file.csv --member-db your-db.csv
+```
+
+## Input Files
+
+**All Members File**: CSV with columns `email`, `membership_status`, `list_date`
+
+**Member Database File**: CSV with "Email address" column (first descriptive line is skipped)
+
+## Output
+
+Creates a folder named after the date extracted from the input filename (e.g., `20FEB2026/`) containing:
+- `{DATE}_not-in-good-standing.csv`
+- `{DATE}_existing-member.csv`
+- `{DATE}_new-member.csv`
+
+All original columns are preserved in the output files.