[nagdu] about insentives

Tue May 19 02:17:32 UTC 2009

Hi Laurie,

That was why I suggested items from, say, the school's gift shop, or
something to that effect. Yes, the school has to purchase these  items. But
often they will sell them to grads at a discount anyway. I don't see how
this is less fiscally responsible than increasing the amount of veterinary
support available to people who fill out the forms. 

I still think it would be interesting if somehow a survey could be done to
find out why these forms are not filled out as often as the schools would
like. Perhaps if those issues could be addressed, incentives wouldn't be
necessary.

Angie

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Laurie Mehta
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:23 PM
To: the National Association of Guide Dog UsersNAGDU Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nagdu] about insentives

By nature, the guide dog programs are non-profits with dedicated budgets.
It seems to me that if a program wanted to offer insentives for something
like filling out health info (which, imho, a supporter of the program ought
to want to do willingly), the cost of these insentives would need to be kept
as low as possible.  If the insentive was something that the program could
donate from its own budget, instead of being something that had to be bought
from somewhere else, the cost would be the most reasonable.  
Getting into the business of purchasing gift certificates or other stuff to
hand out to get people to fill out forms just seems like a suspect business
decision to me.  /smile/ 
-Laurie
--- On Mon, 5/18/09, Angie Matney <angie.matney at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Angie Matney <angie.matney at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] about insentives
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 8:25 PM
> Hi Julie,
> Of
>  Course they don't. My school does not. I'm just saying
> that, in my opinion
> (and I emphasize that this is my opinion), offering a
> different kind of
> incentive would probably be better. 
> 
> Angie
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf
> Of JULIE PHILLIPSON
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 5:12 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] about insentives
> 
> the school doesn't have to offer anything at all.
> 
> Julie Phillipson
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] about insentives
> 
> 
> > Hi Julie,
> >
> > In my mind, incentives for filling out non-required
> forms and late fees on
> > the rent are two entirely different things. You have
> to pay your rent
> > anyway. The landlord's extra fee is kind of like a
> punishment if you don't
> > pay it near the beginning of the month. The vet
> reports are nnot required,
> > but the school really wants the information. I just
> don't think a school's
> > services to its grads should depend on who does or
> does not fill out a
> > non-required form. Again, this is JMO.
> >
> > Angie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf
> > Of JULIE PHILLIPSON
> > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:05 AM
> > To: NAGDU
> > Subject: [nagdu] about insentives
> >
> > There was a question of a guide dog school offering an
> incentive to fill 
> > out
> >
> > a report.  I said in a previous post that GEB
> offers a $250 per year grant
> > toward vet expenses and $300 if you do the
> report.  I have no problem with
> > this and it is meant as an inceptive but again not
> mandatory.  My landlord
> > does the same thing with the rent.  If you pay it
> within the first 5 days 
> > of
> >
> > the month it is $50 less but if you are delinquent it
> is $50 more, so its
> > not unheard of to build an incentive in.
> >
> > Julie Phillipson
> >
> >
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