ANST - Money needs (was Kingdom membership)

[Lorraine and/or Kief]

>jonwillowpel at juno.com wrote:
> >
> > I would like to comment on something. Back when we were becoming a
> > kingdom a member of the board came down and told us that they were
> > increasing the cost of membership. Not because we needed more > >running 
>money but because the members of the board wanted to be > >paid. Over and 
>over again the board has spent the money on > >themselves. Right now being 
>a board member is looked at as a free > >travel card.

That may have been the way it was when we became a Kingdom but times have 
changed...I don't think Sir Jehan, Sir Rhodri, or the others see it that 
way...

> > If we saved a dollar on insurance it would go into the  benny > >hole.
> >The local and kingdom organizations don't get any benefits > >from > >our 
>  national dues.


We get our Kingdom newsletter paid most of the time, we get an umbrella 
organization that is known World Wide, we get an insurance policy that 
allows us to use sites and the insurance is at a rate that is MUCH cheaper 
than if we had to purchase it event by event or Kingdom by Kingdom, we get 
the ability to go to anywhere there is an SCA event and know that certian 
general rules apply...


> > Our money comes from the donations of the people. People are our > 
> >wealth. Most of our chapters support our activates from our site > >fees. 
>If we make the site fees less more people can come. If more  > >people come 
>there is a greater chance that the event will be fun.

More people does not necessisarily mean more fun...I have found that small 
intimate events are often more fun because you have time to get to know 
people and not just pass them in the crowd...


> >Young, poor people often have
> > more energy than richer older people. If we have more fun, more people
> > come making more money.

In Raven's Fort we had a $4 site fee for many years and people  still used 
the excuse that they couldn't afford the site fee and so didn't come to the 
event...It doesn't matter how low you go for a site fee people do things 
they value...and if people want to go they will...if they don't want to go 
they will find excuses...

>And as I see it, there are really two ways to cure the "BOD travel
>ticket" problem:  1) just don't pay, in protest, and watch as the few
>bennies that membership brings shrivel up and die, or 2) get involved
>with the BOD, and try to change the way they view things.  I know which
>looks more proactive to me.
>
>Dux

Yeah Dux!!!!
You have to be part of the "System" (tm) to change it...
The Board did not loose when people voted by not renewing or asking that 
their membership be cancelled...the people who did it lost...

I wish in many ways that we could go back to the way it was when I 
entered...when all you really needed was your honour...but our society is 
part of the larger one and unfortuately we need to have CYA rules to in part 
counter those who don't care about this organization continuing and who 
don't take responsibility for themselves or their families....


Lorraine DeerSlayer
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