[Ansteorra] Member or Not?

[Mike Gideon]

You might also recall that from a period around the year 2000, until Jan. 2006 the TOTAL membership was counted toward group status. Not just the Sustaining membership. And this does cover the time frame for an "SCA Generation" as has been discussed here before. Therefore it's can be easy to lose track of the "various" ways that group status membership has changed over the years.

Baron Michel mac Donnchaid


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----- Original Message ----
From: Jay Rudin <rudin at ev1.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Member or Not?

R the O wrote:

>  But being counted as a member is certainly a benefit, and should be a
> right for every member... Esp. since my local group can be disbanded
> for not having enough members. And once again, I'm defining a member
> as someone who has paid for a membership, which I most certainly have 
> done.

Please stop trying to define the word "member" as if it has a single clear 
single meaning in this context.  There are different kinds of membership, 
and they are treated differently -- which you know.  A family member has 
the contractual right to be counted as a family member.  You paid for this 
contractual right. A sustaining member has the contractual right to be 
counted as a sustaining member.  Any member will be counted where it says 
"any member".

You will not be counted as a sustaining member unless you buy a sustaining 
membership.  Only sustaining memberships sustain the local branches in 
Ansteorra, and you were never told otherwise.

The membership requirements for shires and baronies, since I joined in the 
1970s, have been based on sustaining memberships.  You will not be counted 
as a sustaining member unless you buy a sustaining membership.  This is not 
"unfair"; this is not denying your rights.  This is simply part of the 
rules of the game.

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