[Ansteorra] Lifetime Membership (was: Re: Conversation starter ...)

[Stefan li Rous]

Here is what little I've been able to find in the Florilegium on the  
previous SCA life membership program.

 From the Caid-hist-msg file.

<<< From: brettwi at ix.netcom.com(Brett Williams )
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Cloved Fruit
Date: 13 Dec 1995 18:06:13 GMT

...

I know exactly when and how it was introduced to Caid-- I was there.
At the Pentecost feast held by Duke Aonghais and Lady Mary Taran of
Glastonbury (their wedding), a tall man by the name of Alexander sur le
Mer (from the Kingdom of the East) called for silence and explained the
custom. I later recognized Lord Alexander as the only Life Member later
listed in Tournaments Illuminated for a number of years.
...
ciorstan >>>

I don't have access to the early years of BoD minutes, but I imagine  
those would have more details on this program. And perhaps the early  
TIs.

Stefan
(And I do have the history of the SCA cloved fruit game, from the  
originator, in another file in the Florilegium. :-) )


On May 17, 2012, at 10:51 PM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Are you aware that in the very early days of the SCA there was a  
> lifetime membership option?
>
> No time requirement, but then folks had no expectation that the SCA  
> would last as long as it has.
>
> I'm still trying to find the messages in the Florilegium about it,  
> but I seem to remember that it only cost $150 or so. But then a  
> dollar was worth a bit more in the late 1960s.
>
> Stefan
>
> On May 16, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Robert G. Ferrell wrote:
>
>> So, I have a proposition: I propose we petition the BoD to allow  
>> anyone who has been a continuous member for at least 30 years to  
>> pay a set one-time fee (to be determined by them) for lifetime  
>> membership. I mean, after 30 years it's pretty obvious we are  
>> lifers. This isn't an unusual practice among professional  
>> organizations.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Cynric
>
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