[Ansteorra] Children in the Sca

[Richard Threlkeld]

Well said.

In Service,
Caelin on Andrede



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-
> bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Scott Fridenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:36 PM
> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Children in the Sca
> 
>    For people who come to the SCA form other organizations that require
> membership it seems odd that we do not.  On the other had there is an
> attitude held by many in the SCA, (I'm one), that the Society predates,
and
> is more important than the corporation.  That the corporation is
> a convince that was created to aid the Society in it's goals and should
> be subservient to the Society, rather than rule over it.  The Society
could
> survive without the corporation, though we would have to make some
> changes
> in how we do things.  The corporation cannot survive without the Society.
>  I do not think it just that someone who has given of their time, skill
and
> sweat to support the Society, should be denied recognition and awards, and
> made to feel less than others because they have not sent a check to the
> corporation.
>    At the time of it's creation the corporation seemed to be the best
route
> to providing a legal umbrella to cover our activities.  There is a danger
> however in having all of the Society's funds under the control of one
> corporation.  It concentrates the money in a large enough pool to make a
> nice target for a lawsuit, and makes it possible for one incident in one
> Kingdom to wipe out the bank accounts of every Kingdom.  We may well
> have
> reached the point where the risk in putting all our eggs in one
> basket, outweighs the convenience.  Particularly when that basket is being
> kept in California.
> 
> Robert Fitzmorgan
> 
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Justin Wininger <brkn_prms at hotmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > That is where I am right now. Full time college student, at the moment
> > and
> > > only plan to attend one or two events this year. Why would it benefit
me
> > to
> > > buy a membership at this time? Once I graduate and start making more
> > events
> > > then yes I will do the membership thing again, but right now, that is
> > money
> > > better spent elsewhere.
> > >
> > > Chrestien
> > >
> >
> > ----------
> > That's a reasonable argument.  But if the club required a $25 a year
> > membership to play, that might be a bummer, but I bet it wouldn't keep
> that
> > many people from playing.  That's dinner and a movie (for one!) anymore.
> >
> > --Antoine
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