Footloose posted:

Now there's an idea. Perhaps management could be asked to investigate if members here could get the pro rata rate ?

Member -Signman posted:

From what I understand, there is going to be NO subsidies after this year. No 4wd club, no pensioners etc etc....

Footloose posted:

Willem, you're not suggesting they change the paperwork from "listen you piece of Bleep. pay up or else" into something like "Hi. It seems you've forgotten to pay etc " ???
Goodness me, Willem. What will you think of next ? LOL

markeaust posted:

I have just (today) received their OVERDUE Membership renewal...I never received the original renewal and now, for the second time, it would appear that my callsign will be returned to the 'pool' so that they can issue a 'matching callsign' to my selcall number, as per "...callsign allocation policy .. Policy 05, Revision 6"

This happened to me once before, when I moved house and the new owners failed to forward mail and I subsequently lost my much coveted callsign, Victor 3, which they allocated to another member who was 'waiting' for it to come up....(I had been a founding member and the second to join from Victoria, and paid religiously over the ten years or so...). There is certainly no reward or respect for long standing membership.

Like some others here, I think the service they provide to outback travellers is wonderful, but the officious attitude that seems to eminate from the management of the organisation is unnecessary.

Mark
ex Victor 3
ex Victor 13 ???
who knows

SA_Patrol posted:

The other mob Reids radio data only charge $22 a year for their 5 channels, I know you don't get the skeds but I don't think those guys get paid anyway. I would only use the HF 2 or 3 times a year anyway.
I'm not renewing with VKS

joc45 posted:

Same here, haven't received the 2007 card yet.
Paid by Bpay, so I know I'm financial.
And I did send in the properly-filled-in renewal form and copy of payment.
From earlier discussions with them, there's a lot of manual paperwork.
I'm not fretting at this stage....
Gerry

Footloose posted:

Ohhhh...now THAT is asking for it LOL

Member - Davoe (Nullagine) posted:

unlike my gun license hat is the second time I have had to phone the copper POS to find out where the renewal is!!

Member - Stephen L (SA) posted:

Hi Darian,
I take my hat off to all the volunteers that man the VKS network. You do a great job and I have been a member for over 12 years. All the operators are always very helpful and always a pleasure to make contact with.

Keep Up your very valuable work for a very well done job and for the benefit for all outback travellers.

Regards

Stephen/Sierra 113

Richard Kovac posted:

Darian Hi

We have been member for a couple of years or two LOL. and cannot say enough good thing about the organisation, operators, staff whoever, all good and at a $100.00 or more I would fined it hard to fined money better spent..

Richard