[Ansteorra] pay and play

[Cleek, James M.]

Exactly how would I do that?

-----Original Message-----
From: ecrouchet at austin.rr.com [mailto:ecrouchet at austin.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:09 PM
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] pay and play


I think I like it and it is not much more difficult than collecting the
surcharge anyway. Since we apparently have to do it anyway, this
approach to it would make the best of it. Have you considered
suggesting and explaining this to the BOD?

Claire
On 25 Jul 2002 at 11:50, Cleek, James M. wrote:

> When I was heavily involved in an organized waterski team. We had
> similar issues in that to recruite people we wanted to get them on the
> water but you could not put them on an approved and sanctioned site
> with out USA WS membership and the insurance it provided. What they
> did have though, and this worked quite well, is daily insurance. You
> would pay your $5.00 and be allowed to ski with the team at a
> sanctioned practice or in a competition for the event. The best part
> is that the payments would apply to your membership so if you came to
> 7 practices or contests your $35.00 membership would be paid and you
> would soon get a membership card and the quarterly magazine in the
> mail. This worked out very well for those who had a tighter budget yet
> still wanted to participate. Yes their initial cost per event was
> higher but if they enjoyed it and continued to play soon they would be
> members with all the rights associated with membership. Yes it was a
> bit of a pain to collect the money and send it in and track the number
> of payments etc. but our local membership grew because of it and the
> national membership grew. Everybody wins. Iames
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Wederstrandt [mailto:nweders at mail.utexas.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:00 AM
> To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Ansteorra] pay and play
>
>
> 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.
>
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