ANST - why membership
PKieferjr at aol.com
PKieferjr at aol.com
Mon Feb 14 16:52:48 PST 2000
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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