Non-member surcharge (Was Re: [Ansteorra] BoD meeting)

[Jay Yeates]

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Jay Yeates wrote:

> 'wolf
> ... pity that the society is now driven less by the concepts of
> honor  and chivalry .. and more by corporate CYA and insurance
> issues.
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AAaaacckkkk!!!!!  Corporate America invades the "dream".   That's why
I do this.  To have time to get away from the &*#@ corporation.  If
corporate CYA and insurance issues are so prevelant, its going to be
a challenge to find the fun.

...
there's a basic tenent of history about "those who do not remember
their history are doomed to repeat it".  this matter, in similar
guise has come up severals times over the years, each time igniting
firestorms of conflict leading to yet more division ... each time
driving out more members who are no longer able to find
the fun in their hobby or who lose faith with the leaders who are
changing the game  in their favor.

a point the enlightened BOD does not see, the very people they will
be driving off - the new, the idealistic, the ones with opne eyes -
are exactly the ones that the organization needs to survive.
starting a organization penalization of non-subscribers creates a
class-bound society that will make entry more difficult for the new
and in many cases will block the very people grousp are actively
seeking.

i would wager that "Milpitas Meltdown II" is in the formative stages.

'wolf



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