[Ansteorra] pay and play

[Nancy Wederstrandt]

Well, I have to say that the pay and play 3.00 surcharge is not surprising
since it is the easy way out.  The Board doesn't have to stretch it's legs
and go look for an alternative way of getting money.  It's far easier to
tax it's participants than it is to go find grants and awards for groups.

Having taken several classes in grant writing for my mundane job as well as
having a number of friends who work at various schools and museums, I am
astonished at the amount of grants and loans that the SCA could solicit and
perhaps achieve.  But the Board would rather do the "easy" thing and
penalize people who for one reason or another are not members but are often
times some of our hardest workers.

At a time when a weekend event costs 10 to sometimes 15. dollars and having
an additional 3.00 tacked on it might make new people more hesitate about
joining or seeing if they would like the group.  Perhaps the Board is
looking to reduce membership and make a more elitist SCA for people who can
afford it.


Clare who is quite jaded at the SCA at the moment.