Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-30 Thread Wendy S Austin
I have been pondering the comments from Peter and Eugene and their reasons for not being able to pay the $30.00 membership fee. I feel the need to say I was rather disappointed in some of the responses to those comments, and refer to the comment below. It is not for us to judge what is or

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-30 Thread cm
Hi Rosemary, That's a point well made and we will take it to heart. Thank you for bringing that up. I think that for the coming year and possibly for the remainder of this year we should look at pensioner, student, and family subscriptions. I will repeat a passage from an earlier email that

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-30 Thread Carlo Margio RWC
Apologies. I meant Wendy of course. I am not sure what I was looking at when I read the name Rosemary and used it in the response. Regards, Carlo On 30/06/2012, at 17:00 , cm wrote: Hi Rosemary, That's a point well made and we will take it to heart. Thank you for bringing that up. I

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-30 Thread Michael Hawkins
I apologise for any offence, it was not intended as a slight. However, someone pays for the server or the ISP fee for the access to the Internet that is a necessary cost of making discussion between WAMUG members available to all. Each of us makes a decision from time to time whether to spend

Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread Severin Crisp
I have been a paid member for many years now and never grudge my annual $30; it is an investment returned to me many time over in knotty (and simple!) problems quickly resolved so that there is minimal time wasted/lost on annoying but critical issues.Apart from direct response to my own

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread cm
Hi Sev, Coming from you, a longtime and esteemed member of WAMUG, the comments are truly appreciated, and your contributions to the list are always welcomed. You are too much of a gentleman to name any one person, but we know that Ronni has been particularly determined to solve a number of the

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread Bill Parker
I have no recall of when I found WAMUG, but a good few years ago I am sure. The $30? Worth it. And the sheer persistence in solving problems on the part of Ronni and others giving advice is a breath of fresh air in this greedy litigious society we live in. The advice wears off on others

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread Michael Hawkins
Yep, the 58 cents a week is well and truly worth it! Michael. On 28/06/2012, at 5:30 PM, Bill Parker wrote: I have no recall of when I found WAMUG, but a good few years ago I am sure. The $30? Worth it. And the sheer persistence in solving problems on the part of Ronni and others

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread cm
Thank Bill and Michael! We should use the 58 cents a week in publicising the group. That can also be viewed as one-eighth of the Australian Bureau of Standards Long Macchiato Coffee. :-) Best regards, Carlo On 28/06/2012, at 17:41 , Michael Hawkins wrote: Yep, the 58 cents a week is well and

Re: Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread Alex
Ha, Michael! Maybe you should have been an Accountant not a lawyer!! Alex On 28/06/2012, at 5:41 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Yep, the 58 cents a week is well and truly worth it! Michael. On 28/06/2012, at 5:30 PM, Bill Parker wrote: I have no recall of when I found WAMUG, but a good