(Fwd) [Mid] [SCA-CAID:5217] The Gift Letter (fwd)

[Susan Earley]

Prizes are things that are won through competition. Gifts are not. So 
'stepping down prizes', unless there is a competition involved where 
that prize is the reward for winning that competition, is a gift and 
therefore the letter applies. Carolyn Richardson can expand on this 
if necessary (she's the accountant).

> [long letter on gift giving being not allowed from SCA funds in the 
> future deleted]
> 
> What about prizes? 
> 
> Some items we have given in the past are stepping down prizes, which 
> could be seen to be much more gifts than prizes. [In fact, in forwarding 
> this message to a friend, in my mind I used "prize" and "gift" to mean 
> the same thing, i.e. somebody got a goody.]
> 
> I'm sure part of the confusion in my mind is due to the fact that we've 
> used the $25 dollar/a person rule for the *prizes* that our group has 
> given in the past.
> 
> Estrill
> 
> 
> 
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