[Ansteorra] Fee Increase and other Business...

[Rose]

Agreed.

I wonder, though, why we have the surcharge WHERE we have it.

Corporate REALLY wants us to have newcomers.

Corporate REALLY wants/needs more money.

It seems like the NMS fee for non-members is a battle between the two. We either discourage new people from coming and maybe get some funds, or not get some funds and get more new people. I know that $3-$5 doesn't sound like much, but when you're a parent or a college student, it's a lot of money. After all, $3 is almost 20 packages of Ramen!

Is there not a different place altogether where we can put a surcharge? Maybe $1 per entry, per tournament, for fighters? *ducks and runs*


-Rose the Obnoxious



Wonder is the cause of delight because it carries the hope of discovery.     -Thomas Aquinas

--- On Thu, 2/18/10, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:

From: Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.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, 11:36 PM

Why is there such an effort to pretend that a surcharge imposed by the corporation is not a surcharge imposed by the corporation?  

It isn't a temporary membership, and doesn't function like one.  It isn't a members discount, and doesn't function like one.  It isn't a variable site fee, and doesn't function like one.

Yes, we'd like the SCA to be more welcoming of newcomers.  And yes, of course the SCA would be more welcoming if we didn't charge more for invitees, but we do, and political spin cannot make that look like anything else.

It's a surcharge.  It really is.  Let's commit ourselves to telling the truth.

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin

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