[Ansteorra] pay and play

[HL Darcy]

The time to have done that was when the BoD was soliciting suggestions.
Plenty of advance notice was given in the TI, Black Star and on various
e-mail lists that the BoD wanted members input on this subject.

HL Darcy

----- Original Message -----
From: <ecrouchet at austin.rr.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:09 PM
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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