[nfbwatlk] Convention Registration Form Now on NFB ofWashington Web Page

[Mike Freeman]

Hi. 
Marci has a system in place to keep a proper record of who sent in what for whom so all may handle their registration and payment as they wish. If you use online bill -pay, even if your check comes in after October 6, as long as the check is postmarked before October 7, you need pay only the early registration amounts. 
Mike freeman 

On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:41, "Mike Mello" <mike at mello.com> wrote:

> A simple excel spreadsheet would solve this problem.
> We would track forms received, (via mail and email) then when the payment is
> received we will note this on the spreadsheet. If no payment is received by
> 10/07, then, no preregistration for that person.
> And, yes, I know I can get a money order or a cashiers check, both costing
> $7.00 from my bank. I feel that paying a premium is ridiculous.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Mello.
> 
> mike at mello.com
> (208) 301-0565
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Freeman
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Convention Registration Form Now on NFB ofWashington
> Web Page
> 
> Jacob:
> 
> Let's think about this a moment. By advocating that the NFB of Washington
> accept online bill pay, what one really is doing is asking those processing
> registration to keep track of which registration forms one has received
> where payment has come through and which forms have not had payment come
> through. Then if payments come through, we must again go through the forms,
> matching payments with forms. In effect, one is asking that we keep records
> of "accounts receivable". We aren't merchants; we're a group of volunteers
> in the business of educating the public and ourselves about blindness. If
> one could get the online bill pay chekcs sent to one's home, then there
> would be no problem since one could insert that check along with the
> registration form in the envelope sent to the post office box. Thus, all the
> work of payment would be placed right where it belongs -- on the payer!
> 
> Moreover, there are alternatives: one canpurchase a money order, have one's
> bank issue a draft, etc. I certainly don't believe that you are implying
> that blind persons have a harder time doing this than do sighted persons! If