Susan Carte;
"actually, until forces sign on the dotted line and transfer their asset and first payments are made, at the moment there is nothing to say that you have joined NPAS, so it's very difficult , there is no exit strategy at the moment where you have the ability to tote up and change your mind at this minute in time, but we really want an indication what it's likely to be."
Anyone else here organised a Christmas Party?
You get the numbers in the autumn of those who say they will attend, arrange the venue, book entertainment, meal, raffle prizes etc etc.
The closer you get to the event the numbers slowly dwindle.
The costs of the venue, ent, food etc remain the same, but this now has to be borne by fewer people, until it gets to the point where, when you have to inform people how much they need to pay, and you either end up with a lot of disgruntled party goers or fork out on cancellation fees !
Mess do's were so much easier with that 3 line whip.....I thought that was always in the NPAS arsenal !