[Ansteorra] Lifetime Membership
Robert G. Ferrell
rgferrell at gmail.com
Wed May 16 20:16:30 PDT 2012
On 5/16/2012 9:45 PM, Bree Flowers wrote:
> I think that if the organization is in financial trouble right now
> that this would probably not help.
I disagree. Lifetime memberships decrease income somewhat over the long
term, but provide additional income in the short term, and the short
term is where we need it most. If I pay you $50 a year, for example, you
will get $300 from me over a period of six years, presuming I continue
to participate. Every year that $50 will represent a little less
spending power, due to cost of living increases. But If I give you $300
right now, you'll have $300 worth of spending power at current rates.
True, seven years from now you'll begin to experience a decrease in
annual income because I'll no longer be giving you that $50 payment, but
of course if I decide to stop playing next year, you'll effectively be
$200 richer than you would have been. This is a gamble, something like
insurance, and we'd need to run the numbers to see whether or not it
would, in fact, be a viable financial move, but to state that it could
not be of (short term) benefit to the SCA's coffers is not a sound
assertion.
Cynric
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