[nagdu] about incentives

Tue May 19 12:42:38 UTC 2009

Most of the time when I don't fill out a form, it's because it's on paper
and it's too much trouble to find a way to deal with it.  Especially if I
didn't think the form was very important to begin with.
I did think the GDB vet form was important, and I always got the vet to
fill it out, so that didn't come into it.
I think a survey is a good idea.
Tracy

> 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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