[Ansteorra] Pay-2-play, Pay-2-fight, Pay-2-whatever...

[Alasdair MacEogan]

Some clarification if you would please.  Might help in understanding what exactly the issue is so we can more intelligently comment.

Dragonetti <dragonetti at generich.com> wrote:

>  > The Board of Directors would like the Grand Council to
>  > consider the topic
>  > of _*membership dues with respect to "pay to play", "pay to
>  > participate",
>  > "pay to fight", or "pay to...?"*_

Is this meaning requiring membership for more than just being an officer.  That is to do ANYTHING (enter contests, etc) would require you to be a member?  I may be incorrect, but my current understanding is that the only thing that absolutely required you to be a member right now is to be an officer.  Of course the non members are still "paying to play" now as they are required to pay a NMS at every event.

>  > The Directors would like the Council to consider to possibilities of a
>  > tiered membership format, providing potential notions of how a tiered
>  > format might work and how new members might be handled under such a
>  > system.

An explanation of they mean by this might be helpful.  Are we talking Tier 1 you can go to events, Tier 2 you can enter tourneys and A&S, etc.  Tier 3 you can be an officer?  What exactly are these Tiers?

It may be i am just being slow in not understanding.

Alasdair