[Ansteorra] Fee Increase and other Business...

[Greg Coffman]

Who says they're not? Sure they can't give passes to away events, but  
I've lived in several groups that gave away free passes to newcomers  
for their first event if it was our event.

Iago
On Feb 18, 2010, at 8:36 AM, rose_welch at yahoo.com wrote:

> 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
>
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> -----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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