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I'm not an NFB member, but I think the collective membership within a
chapter is a great idea. I'm not all that surprised by RFB&D charging
some sort of fee for their services, and suppose the $50 is similar to a
deposit to cover unreturned tapes and such. I think you will also see
more "family" memberships where one family member drops his/her
subscription and they both borrow under one account.
I think it's a good idea to hear their explanation of the fee structure
before passing too harsh a judgement. In the meantime such ideas as the
collective local chapter membership are great on several counds.
Don Bishop
On Sat, 22 Jun 1996 FCHAMBERS@aol.com wrote:
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> With this new policy of collecting annual fees, RFB&D must have thought about
> fee waivers. I am confidant that those who can't scrape the money together
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> The whole idea of charging a fee for a public library is repugnant, and
> probably goes against Ben Franklin's original philosophy on lending
> libraries. Overdue fines seem reasonable, but not membership fees. It seems
> very wrong. I'm not a Library Scientist, but I have volunteered at my local
> public library, and all public libraries that I have ever heard of are funded
> by the taxes that patrons pay. Libraries seem "free" like most of our
> civilization's infrastructure. If RFB&D patrons will be asked to pay a
> membership fee, we should expect a refund from our local libraries of print
> books. We already pay taxes for libraries, so why isn't that money covering
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> Here's an idea: What if each NFB chapter subscribed, and then all the
> members could share the subscription? RFB&D would not like it, I'm sure, but
> such a scheme could strengthen the chapters. This can increase the
> usefulness of chapter membership, and may draw in new members.
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> RFB&D has a monopoly, so we cannot usually get texts from other sources. We
> could probably do something collectively that would cause them to rethink the
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> What are everyone's ideas?
> Could we hold our books hostage? (I probably have 8 of them out now.)
> Can we just order one of everything before July First?
> Could we send all the boxes back empty?
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