[Ansteorra] Member or Not?

[Chris Zakes]

At 02:54 PM 1/10/2008, you wrote:
>Salut cozyns,
>
>Master Tivar dit qe:
> >>>>
> > As Colin pointed out, the Corporate rules 
> don't require a sustaining > membership. For 
> that matter, the phrase "sustaining membership" 
> can't > be found anywhere in Ansteorran Kingdom 
> Law (I just checked.) The > phrase "subscribing 
> membership" is used whenever the number of > 
> members for a group is mentioned, but the word 
> "subscribing" is never > defined. Thus there is 
> no clear black-and-white statement of whether > 
> a Family or Associate member qualifies as a 
> subscribing member. I > think it's a reasonable 
> interpretation that "subscribing member" > 
> means "paid member" (of any flavor.)<<<<
>
>Sorry, but I don't see that as a reasonable 
>interpretation. At best, it's arbitrary. An 
>associate membership doesn't include a 
>subscription to anything. Besides the governing 
>documents of the SCA define "subscribing member":
>
> >>>>
>• Subscribing member: A Sustaining or 
>International member of the SCA, Inc. or its approved
>equivalent in an affiliated organization.
><<<<
>
>Ansteorran Kingdom Law needs a glossary.
>
>En Lyonel

Fair enough, I'd missed that bit when I was 
looking through Corpora and Kingdom Law. I don't 
necessarily think that Kingdom Law needs a 
glossary, it just needs the word "subscribing" 
changed to "sustaining" so it's less confusing.

         -Tivar Moondragon