[Ansteorra] The original complaint filed.

[Cionaodh O'Hosey]

On Feb 9, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Rose wrote:

> The problem with dividing costs is that you'd have to do it for  
> everyone. How much do fighting activities cost? Surely more than  
> art activities.

OK, i am willing to do that, i have no idea what the legal fees have  
been for fighting but the fighting community should pay for it, that  
said there are more fighters attending and paying full price at  
events, than there are underage participants attending and paying  
half price or less.

On a event cost scale underage participation costs are minimal, the  
next lowest is fighting, the largest tournament in the kingdom can be  
held in a 125 foot X 100 foot field and have 125 or more fighters  
most city or state parks can do that for free. A & S activities are a  
much more expensive thing, barring a free site, an air-conditioned  
site that could have 125 participant's display tables would cost  
thousands.

Feasts costs have bothered me at times, we generally only charge the  
food costs at feast events, never mind that the site that has a  
kitchen costs $500 more than a site that does not and we need the  
kitchen for the feast. So everyone at the event has to pay more for a  
site with a kitchen so the feast eaters can have their feast at food  
costs, not the costs of the kitchen plus the food. This is why events  
with feasts tend to cost more than events with out feasts.

If the costs of underage participation is 40% of our costs, and the  
revenue from underage participation with their families is about 40%  
or even 30% then it is no big deal, but if the costs to serve  
underage participants are 60% or more and the revenue raised from  
underage participants is closer to 15% then we have a problem.

With family discounts on membership fees, half price children and  
family maximums (for a couple all children after the second are free)  
I doubt the 15% level is reached.

Remember, while there are a lot of them, revenue wise they only count  
as one-half or less .....

Cionaodh O'Hosey