[Ansteorra] Re: Non-member surcharge

[Delphina Champeaux]

Thank you Gunnora for saying what I have been trying
to get right all day long.

Delphina

--- "C. L. Ward" <gunnora at vikinganswerlady.org> wrote:
>
> When I was made a Laurel, I made the decision to
> keep my membership paid
> current no matter what.  I personally feel that as a
> peer and a noble it
> would be dishonorable of me to refuse to support the
> organization which has
> given me so much over the last 20 years.  I
> certainly don't always agree
> with the corporation or its decisions.  But the
> corporation provides the
> framework without which this delightful activity
> wouldn't be able to exist.
> I feel, therefore, that I have an obligation to be a
> paid member if I want
> to participate.
>
> In the past I've gotten a big discount when I
> attended the symphony, because
> I had previously joined the Symphony Assosiation.
> I've gotten discounts on
> hotel rooms while travelling to events because I am
> a paid member of Triple
> A.  If the SCA charges a little less to paid
> members, then it's the same
> type of thing, and it goes on in Real Life (TM)
> every single day all around
> you, so why get all hot and sweaty over it?
>
> Frankly, I can decide to go to one less event each
> year, and the savings
> from that finances the membership.  Or I can give up
> a couple of pizzas and
> accomplish the same thing.  Paying the membership
> fee is not that big of a
> hardship - if I can afford to go to one event, pay
> gate, pay for either
> feast or groceries and pay for gas, then I can, if
> desired, scrape up enough
> to pay the membership fee.  If I'm too broke to pay
> for my membership, then
> by golly I am too broke to attend events at all,
> which makes the whole point
> moot.  *shrug*
>
> ::GUNNVOR::
>
>
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