"Steve Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Adrian, I have heard a rumour that at the same time you were writing in the >waterways press and arguing on this list in favour of the moorings auction >that you were in discussions with BW about running the scheme. Is that true?
Yes. After BW decided to pilot bidding for moorings, it advertised for contractors to build the tenders part of the BW web site. In response, my business put in a proposal to build an external moorings auction (or tender) site at our risk and expense, on which BW could post its vacancies on a flat-fee-per-mooring-advertised basis. I thought, and still think, this would have saved BW quite a bit of money over building and running its own auction pages, while at the same time allowing me to put my money where my mouth was. However, BW insisted that it be done in-house, so our proposal was rejected. Around that time, I announced this several times at BW national user meetings, and IIRC also on this ng and/or URW (but I no longer have copies of those postings). Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
