diff --git a/controllers/AdminController.php b/controllers/AdminController.php
index ba67358..febbd07 100755
--- a/controllers/AdminController.php
+++ b/controllers/AdminController.php
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ static public function handleEditUser($app, $twig, $username) {
       $temppassword = $user->resetPassword();
       $successmessage = "Password for $username reset to '$temppassword'.";
     }
+
+    if (isset($_POST['renewmembership'])) {
+      $user->renewMembership();
+      $nextExpiry = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($user->expiry));
+      $successmessage = "Membership renewed until $nextExpiry.";
+    }
     
     if (isset($_POST['update'])) {
       $user->displayname = $_POST["displayname"];
diff --git a/model/User.php b/model/User.php
index 4e9ba2c..8f1ab4f 100755
--- a/model/User.php
+++ b/model/User.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public function save() {
     global $conf;
     
     if (self::get($this->username) == null) {
-      //create new user (POST)    
+      //create new user (POST)
       $details = get_object_vars($this);
       
       $user = $_SESSION['username'];
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@ public function save() {
       if ($response->headers['Status'] != "200 OK") {
         return false;
       } else {
+
+	/* There is a bug in the API's use of computeExpiry. The
+	 * subroutine itself works and is passing unit tests but
+	 * somewhere in the user creation process the expiry date is
+	 * getting decremented by one day. So call renewMembership
+	 * here to compensate for that until the bug is fixed.
+	 */
+	// TODO: Fix the API's createUser computeExpiry bug
+	
+	$this->renewMembership();
+
         return true;
       }
     } else {
@@ -212,10 +223,36 @@ public function save() {
     }
   }
   
+  public function renewMembership() {
+    $this->expiry = $this->computeExpiry();
+    $this->paid = "TRUE";
+    return $this->save();
+  }
+  
   public function isAdmin() {
     return $this->isAdmin;
   }
 
+  // Maybe this could be done in the API
+  public function computeExpiry() {
+    $now = time();
+    $thisYear = date("Y", $now);
+    $nextYear = $thisYear + 1;
+
+    $newYearsDay = mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, $thisYear);
+    $hogmanay = mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 31, $thisYear);
+    $threshold = strtotime("last Friday of May $thisYear");
+    
+    $nextExpiryString = 'first Friday of October';
+    
+    if ($now >= $newYearsDay and $now < $threshold) {
+      $nextExpiryString .= " $thisYear";
+    } else {
+      $nextExpiryString .= " $nextYear";
+    }
+    
+    return $nextExpiryString;
+  }
   
 }
 
diff --git a/views/admin/editUser.html b/views/admin/editUser.html
index 2ef5667..33d4e64 100755
--- a/views/admin/editUser.html
+++ b/views/admin/editUser.html
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
                           <span class="input-xlarge uneditable-input">{{ user.status }}</span>
                       </div>
                 </div>
+		{{ user.status == 'Expired' or user.status == 'Expiring' ? "
+		  <div class=\"control-group\">
+                    <label class=\"control-label\"><!--Renew--></label>
+                    <div class=\"controls\">
+                      <button name=\"renewmembership\" type=\"submit\" class=\"btn btn-small btn-success\" >Renew Membership</button>
+                    </div>
+		  </div>
+		": null }}
                 <div class="control-group">
                   <label class="control-label">Expiry</label>
                   <div class="controls">
@@ -124,4 +132,4 @@ <h3>Are you sure?</h3>
           </div><!--/span-->
         </div><!--/row-->
       </div><!--/span-->
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock %}