My point, now I've got around to it, is why on earth doesn't the Club use direct debit as an option to renew as do other clubs of which I'm a member? For those of us who forget these things it would be so much easier and for those who object they could opt in or out.
Of course during my absence this option may be in place, in which case can someone confirm 'yes' or 'no'.
No, DD isn't an option as yet, but I for one am a firm believer that we should sign up to it as soon as possible. I personally would use the facility.
I understand someone looked at the possibility some time ago, but it wasn't viable for one reason or another. A couple of months ago, I made some enquiries about it, but was lead to believe you needed at least 1500 people to sign up to it. Now bearing in mind, the VOC only has about 1500 UK Members, and not all of these are guaranteed to sign up, that pretty much blows us out at the first hurdle.
Over and above this, there would be a huge amount of work to do taking in people's bank account details etc and changing them when they move bank. However - I'm sure that's something we can take care of.
So, in answer to your question. No, we don't offer Direct Debit as yet, but the Executive Committee obviously see the benefits and will keep our eye on developments and keep the Membership informed.