On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bev P <[email protected]> wrote: > What percentage of ONW 2-way radio holders have contributed to the licence > fee?
Helen sent out invoices to all people with a call sign - inadvertantly - I still need to tell her which people should not have been billed. Perhaps Helen can provide this answer. > As a pensioner and active patroller I have paid my R50 but it was a tough > call for me..... > I also spend quite a bit on petrol doing patrols....... Ok Factors I guess I did not consider. The payment is certainly not inflexible. I just did not think that for anyone living in a house in Obs R50 for a year can be a big deal but I am obvioulsy not correct. Bev we will sort something out with you as you are one of the most active patrollers and have contributed a lot with out any compensation. > A suggestion..... > I wonder whether if the ONW continues taking licence fee money from > pensioners, whether they (the pensioners) might not be asked to contribute > what they can afford.......rather than hold them to R50. The R50 was already a reduction from the R100 for those who could afford. But I have taken what you say into consideration, and honestly if one can not afford it the fee can be waived entirely - I don't think anyone will object to that. > Also, perhaps pensioners who patrol actively might even have the call for > R50 waived in lieu of money spent on petrol for patrols ? I think this is also fair enough and I addressed it above for you. > Alternatively...... > Perhaps radio holders could contribute towards the licence fee on a monthly > basis to lessen the blow at crunch-time ? I think that would be a little burdensome on our adminisrators who also give freely of their time. Perhaps people could have a little money jar and put in R50 a month so when the time comes they have the cash. > I also think that when people are called on to purchase a radio they should > at the same time be told of the annual licence fee cost. Point Taken. I think we did try and levy the R100 fee in advance as each radio was purchased - We are now into the second year so hence the additional levy. However I know some people were not charged and this might have led to confusion. Also some people are using radios for which they did not pay so they would have been unaware of this. I think this has been adequately taken care of now, and I think everyone knows about it now! > > These days I don't go and buy a bag of tomatoes......I get one or two at a > time in the hope that the money I have will stretch to the end of a > month.........which it seldom does. > Finally, and please do mistake this for me being flippant or anything, grow your own! A small potted plant can produce a lot of tomatoes. Start one every second month and you should never run out! And you can have fun doing so. Trev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en
