[Ansteorra] Reducing the Cost of the Black Star

[Margaret Mitchell]

That would seem like a reasonable suggestion, but we can't do that.
Every sustaining membership comes with a subscription to the
newsletter.  The Kingdom gets a stipend from Corporate to help defray
the cost of the newsletter, but it doesn't cover all the expenses.
Corporate sends the mailing labels and the kingdom has to send a copy of
the Black Star to each of those people.  It would also be more
time-consuming to go through the mailing labels and pick out a few that
you didn't want to send.

However, next time you and your husband renew your memberships, one of
you could get a sustaining membership and the other could get a family
membership.  That would reduce the cost for you and you would only get
one Black Star in the mail.  Family membership carries all the same
benefits as sustaining membership except that you don't get a separate
copy of the Black Star.  You will still qualify for member discounts at
events, you can still hold any office, or enter Crown Tourney.

Mirrim
ex-Exchequer

susant at unt.edu wrote:
>
> I have a thought/idea/suggestion on reducing the cost
> and production of the Black Star. First let me apologize
> if I step on any toes or make a bad suggestion.
>
> If there are multiple paid (family) members who live in
> the same house, why not have an option where only 1
> Black Star is sent to their home.
>
> This would:
>
> *Reduce the cost of printing
> *Reduce the cost of mailing
> *Save time with putting the labels on the publication
>
> I realize that one of the benefits that we have as
> members is to get a copy of the Black Star. Both my
> husband and I are paid members and each month both of us
> receive a copy of the Black Star. We both don't need an
> individual copy as we can share and I (think) there
> might be others in the Kingdom who also feel this way.
>
> I realize the labels come from corporate, and, not
> having worked with any aspect of the Black Star this
> might be a bigger hassle than it's worth. However, I
> just thought I would throw out a suggestion here.
>
> Lady Lavina del Bakhous
> (Proud member of the Canton of Glaslyn)
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