ANST - why membership

[PKieferjr at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/14/00 12:05:37 PM Central Standard Time, 
kaitlyn_mckenna at hotmail.com writes:

<< Greetings
 
 The desire to increase membership in the SCA does not stem from any 
 local(kingdom) need, but a need for the whole SCA.  Membership numbers 
 across the Known World are dropping..not maintaining or increasing.  This 
 affects our insurance rates(they see a dying organization).  SCA, Inc. 
 allows all of us to play our game, but membership dues are the only way it 
 receives income to pay for all of its fixed costs. As membership 
 decreases..the costs don't.  In order to avoid raising membership costs or 
 requiring pay to play, all the kingdoms need to encourage paid membership 
 growth.  If we don't, we are shooting ourselves in the foot.  The advantage 
 of paid membership is an ongoing opportunity to play our game.
 
 kaitlyn mckenna >>

Yanno, this sounds like the old "chicken and egg" situation.

To explain how it relates to memberships, let us revisit the old economics 
lesson of "supply and demand".  We have a high demand, and we run low, so the 
price gets driven up.  Now we have a lowered demand, and more supply, but we 
haven't lowered the price yet.

The point:  The SCA, Inc. has driven the price up above what the demand was 
willing to pay.  Result:  Lowered demand.

How do we solve this?  The laws of economics demands that the prices be 
lowered to increase the demand.  So, why aren't we following the laws of 
economics?

Lord Johanne Kiefer Hayden          Paul E. Kiefer, Jr.
Barony of Bryn Gwlad                "Insanity with an attitude."
Kingdom of Ansteorra                pkieferjr at aol.com
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