[Ansteorra] 3$ surcharge

[DonnelShaw at aol.com]

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Family caps would help a lot to many of us. I wrote back in Feb and again
this month about that. I would love to see more about it in the discution.
Donnel

In a message dated 7/28/02 12:09:56 PM Central Daylight Time,
candacerbaker at hotmail.com writes:


> I understand the problems that family's have with going to events and its
> costs.  I myself have a family of five.  We have had one of the adults made
> a sustaining member and the remainder of us are family members.  We have
> done this for several reasons. One I hate filling out those minor waiver
> forms, but more importantly it supports our "dream".  The $10.00 membership
> fee is paid for in 4 events.  Should it go up to $15.00 it will still be
> paid for in 5 events. Now with the surcharge, you can either pay the $3.00
> per event per person or you can have a membership for the year and the
> knowledge that you are supporting the society. Either way you are basically
> going to have to pay it.
>
> Unfortunately for today's society, there are many risks to the game we play
> and it requires things such as insurance and a corporate structure to
> protect us.  For example, you are in a tournament with a fighter, he/she
> gets hurt and sues you or the local group to pay for the medical bills,
> Well
> that is why we have insurance to protect the populace.  However insurance
> costs money.  I don't think anyone should be forced to be a member (this is
> still a free society), However, if you want to join in our activities, the
> society needs to be protected and therefore you should have to help bear
> the
> costs. So a non-member surcharge is a good thing, especially for those who
> only attend a few events a year and the membership fees are prohibitive.  I
> do believe in family caps and think they should be instituted at every
> event.  The SCA has changed over the years and has become much more family
> friendly as most of us who started as teenagers now have children that play
> etc. I know I have been lengthy and hope I did not offend anyone
>
>
> Lady ELysandre Gernier
>
>
> >From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at seacove.net>
> >Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> >To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] 3$ surcharge
> >Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 06:56:50 -0500
> >
> >Thanks.  That one worked.
> >
> >Gilli
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steve Rourke" <srourke at prodigy.net>
> >To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:41 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] 3$ surcharge
> >
> >
> > > Try this
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.sca.org/BOD/announcements/membershiprestructure.html
> > >
>