[Ansteorra] Fee Increase and other Business...

[Lisa Sawyer]

I seem to remember someone that gave out feast starter kits to newcomers. I
thought that was really cool. If you have someone who is really good at
trolling the deals at Goodwill and St. Vincent, that would be a good way to
go.

Ysabeau



On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Brandon McDermott <brandonsmcd at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I don't know if you can use the Baronial $ ( that really is SCA inc. $ ) to
> pay SCA inc. surcharges? That really is robing Peter to pay Paul I guess.
> Baronies can let people into their events for free. They have done that in
> the past for Nobility, champions, etc.... Maybe a coupon for free admittance
> that clearly states $5 per person non-member fee still applies.
>   As for the garb, we have loaner garb to. I just thought simple tunics
> and/or tabards that a person could keep would be a little something to
> endear a person to us. Thank you  to Yoshi for this idea.
>
> There... another $.05...lol
>
>
> Lochlan
>
> --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Tega Albert <montega2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tega Albert <montega2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Fee Increase and other Business...
> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 9:27 AM
>
> Well, we do have a specific amount allotted to that office each month but I
> am not sure what the legal implications are for how it is used. As for garb
> we keep loaner garb folks can use to get started. I like the coupon idea
> too.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Brandon McDermott <brandonsmcd at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > They could if it was for a specific event/Barony. Simply put $50 in the
> > budget for it.
> >
> > Make 5 $10 off admittance coupons. Give them to Hospitaler....Badda
> Bing...
> > Badda Boom...
> >
> > FYI.... I love the newcomer raffle idea to. Why not add simple garb and
> > such instead of just memberships?
> >
> > Thats my $.05
> >
> > Lochlan
> >
> > --- On Thu, 2/18/10, rose_welch at yahoo.com <rose_welch at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: rose_welch at yahoo.com <rose_welch at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Fee Increase and other Business...
> > To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 8:36 AM
> >
> > I'd like this if hospitalers were allowed to issue coupons and/or waivers
> > to newcomers for, say, their first three events.
> >
> > -R the O
> >
> > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tega Albert <montega2 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:22:38
> > To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.<ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Subject: [Ansteorra] Fee Increase and other Business...
> >
> > While I certainly understand the need for prices to go up, I can't say I
> am
> > in agreement with the non member fee being 5 dollars a person. As
> > Hospitaler, trying to get new members is already a challenge. In
> > Northkeep's
> > officers meeting last night I proposed a membership drive to begin
> pushing
> > up the number of members for our group and respectively Ansteorra as a
> > whole. This would be accomplished the same way any other fund raiser
> would.
> > IE: "pass the hat" and other creative ways. Each time we get enough for a
> > family membership we will draw names to see who gets it. We recently had
> a
> > donated family membership. I put out word asking for all who were in need
> > of
> > a membership (single or family) to enter the drawing. We were able to
> > provide a family of four a membership. It was a great feeling! In today's
> > economy, we need to help each other out. You never know who is struggling
> > out there. This will help our kingdom as a whole. I challenge other
> > Hospitalers and groups to begin a membership drive as well.
> >
> >  Since I am already here, I might as well mention a few other things...
> > Some
> > know, some don't. The last fighter practice of each month, our barony
> > (Northkeep) has a gathering called Grub N Garb. We put on our garb, we
> all
> > bring a covered dish to share. We have a venue that is such that it
> allows
> > us to hold fighter practice on one side of the building and GNG on the
> > other. To those that practice outside you can still do this. I started
> GNG
> > in Northkeep 4 or 5 years ago and even outside it was success. On those
> > nights, we have had over 60 people in attendance. This is an excellent
> > opportunity to bring in new people. I urge other groups to start
> something
> > like this. We will be adding to our GNG by having different things each
> > quarter. Period cooking contests, trade days where you can get in on good
> > deals and trading, also A&S competitions. (as a shameless plug, our GNG
> is
> > next Wed)
> >
> >  I hope I didn't take up too much of your time, but I really wanted to
> get
> > these ideas "out there". The bottom line is that in order to grow our
> > groups
> > and our Kingdom (ultimately helping our financial success) we have to put
> a
> > little effort into it. Especially with prices going up. If anyone has
> > questions, feel free to contact me. Especially other Hospitalers. By
> > putting
> > our ideas and thoughts together we will help each other and our great
> > kingdom!
> >
> >
> >
> > Montega Blackdragon
> > Hospitaler of Northkeep
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