ANST - Meetings and Volume at Steppes 12th Night

[Decker, Terry D.]

Having seen the uproar in Ansteorra when Koris Natterhelm tithed the
local groups 10% because the Kingdom of Atenveldt's coffers were empty,
I think this is a wiser and far more equitable solution.

Bear

>Pug Bainter wrote:
>> 
>
>> Good Morning,
>> 
>>   There is something that people asking the Kingdom to pay for something
>>   should know.
>> 
>>   According to the new Kingdom Law, if the Kingdom gives *any* funds
>>   for a Kingdom event, the Kingdom gets 50% of the profits. I *think*
>>   they have to give them 30% even without funding. This is changed from
>>   the old vague:
>> 
>>       A branch which hosts a Kingdom event may, at the discretion of
>>       the Crown, be asked to contribute a portion of that event's net
>>       profits to the Kingdom.
>> 
>> 
>
>Actually PUG, this was changed under the reign of Bear and Catherine
>when I was Kingdom Seneschal.  I know, Rhodri and I wrote it, and Bear
>and Catherine signed it into Law.  At that time the Kingdom coffers were
>dangerously empty and the Kingdom had absolutely no way of getting a
>steady income.  What many people don't realize is that the Kingdom is
>considered a group, just like any shire or barony, and that Kingdom
>events belong to the Kingdom, just as a Baronial Championship or an
>investiture belongs to the local group.  By that I mean that the Kingdom
>can get an autocrat and hold its own events, it does not require a
>hosting group.  By allowing local groups to host the events it does two
>things...takes the pressure off of overburdened Kingdom officers to
>oversee the planning and execution of the event, and allows the local
>group to make a little profit.  The group stands no risk of losing money
>to the kingdom, because the Kingdom only takes a split of the profits,
>not the net.
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