Currently when libraries in our consortium lend an ILL item to other libraries that are not part of our consortium, part of our process is checking out the item in a patron account in Leap -- for tracking the status of the item, for statistics, and to make use of the ILS notices functions.

We do not want Overdue notices to go to those other libraries, but we would want Billing notices to go to them when appropriate. There are also a few other specific situations (some children's groups, some institutional/organizational patrons) where we would prefer to skip Overdue notices but still have a Billing notice.

However, if we check the box in the patron registration to exclude from Overdue notices, then no Billing notice gets generated, even if we do not check the box to exclude from Billing notices. This is because a Billing notice doesn't get triggered until the correct number of Overdue notices have been sent.

It would be nice if, when the box to exclude from Overdue notices is checked, the Billing notice would stop requiring Overdue notices to precede it. The Billing notice could still go out at the scheduled number of days past the due date that it normally would.

As a workaround, it seems we will have to create a separate branch for just the non-consortium libraries, set up special notices settings and methods for that branch, and have unneeded Overdue notices emailed to an otherwise unused email account, just so Billing notices can be triggered.