[Ansteorra] Question for gate folks

Jean Paul de Sens jeanpauldesens at gmail.com
Thu Sep 11 19:10:28 PDT 2008


And I disagree.  The errors caused by forgotten cards will probably be
relatively constant, and can be ignored.

JP


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Kingdom Webminister
<vscribe at ansteorra.org> wrote:
> I never said *no* data. You did. :)
>
> I said, "Counting NMS numbers is just never going to be a good indicator for
> a true number of non-members attending an event." And explained how to get a
> truer number. :)
>
>
> HE Chiara Francesca
> Kingdom WebMinister, Ansteorra
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-
>> bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Jean Paul de Sens
>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:54 PM
>> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Question for gate folks
>>
>> Eh, but it'll still be better than *no* data or just shear guesswork
>> for estimating non-member numbers.
>>
>> JP
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Kingdom Webminister
>> <vscribe at ansteorra.org> wrote:
>> > We also have to remember that when we forget our membership cards we
>> must register as a non-member.
>> >
>> > Thus, these numbers will always reflect a skewed number. Some will be
>> those of us that have forgotten our cards, some will be those of us
>> that have not renewed in time, some will be folks that choose not to
>> purchase memberships, and possibly some of them may actually be
>> newcomers.
>> >
>> > Counting NMS numbers is just never going to be a good indicator for a
>> true number of non-members attending an event.
>> >
>> > Now, if we had say a column that was for us to put N - for new, FC -
>> for forgot card, NM - for non-member. Just a thought.
>> >
>> > The only truly sure fire way to know is to actually sit and compare
>> all those names to the online seneschal form where they verify
>> membership of their officers at the corporate site.
>> >
>> >
>> > HE Chiara Francesca
>> > Kingdom WebMinister, Ansteorra
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-
>> >> bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Kaitlyn Mckenna
>> >> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:58 PM
>> >> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
>> >> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Question for gate folks
>> >>
>> >> When I was compiling the NMS numbers while Kingdom Exchequer, pretty
>> >> consistently across all groups was 33% non members per event.
>> >>
>> >> --kaitlyn
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Recently on another list, someone claimed that there are more non-
>> >> members
>> >> > at SCA events than paid members. That seemed kind of unlikely to
>> me.
>> >> >
>> >> > So, for those folks who work the gate, and see who's coming in,
>> >> what's your
>> >> > reaction to this. *Do* we have more non-members than members
>> >> attending?
>> >> >
>> >> >        -Tivar Moondragon
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