on 22/09/2008, Steve Haywood supposed :
> 2008/9/22 Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> "Jannock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sue wrote " How about charging for the length of time one spends on their
>>> boat?"
>>>
>>> BW already do this in reverse.
>>> If I weekend Jannock around the system for 9 months then they only get 3
>> months end of garden rate from me. Next year I wish to stay longer on my
>> private mooring and so I will have to cough up an extra 4-500 pounds for
>> the
>> honour of NOT using the system.
>>
>>> How fair is that?
>>
>> Graham, if you (or anyone else) can tell me what "fair" means, I would
>> be pleased to try and answer your question.
>>
>> Quipping aside, this question actually points to a key flaw in the
>> BWAF proposals -- there is no methodology for evaluating them. So
>> they are actually just a statement of opinion by BWAF, i.e. by the
>> narrow-boat-owning lobby. No surprise, then, that it is recommending
>> that wider craft pay more, eh?
>>
>> BW should have started this exercise with a real debate, and
>> properly-run consultation, on what the criteria should be for
>> evaluating proposed amendments to the system of charges. This would
>> be very useful, and eliminate a lot of guff.
>>
>> It would allow a proper examination of, e.g., whether "ability to pay"
>> is a valid criterion wrt waterway chargess, and, if so (unlikely), how
>> to assess it (which would show that boat value is useless as a proxy
>> for it, and that size is useless proxy as a proxy for boat value).
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> .
>>
>> Adrian Stott
>> 07956-299966
>
>
> I can't disagree with a word of this.
>
> Steve
>
I think I also have to agree with both of you
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