[Ravensfort] Free Site Fee for Newcomers

[Clarissima]

As someone who received the very nice and elegant
newcomer cards in the mail (thank you), I think this
is a good system.  My newcomers don't have to worry
about being put on a "list", and will have something
tangable to show their newcomer status.  I also don't
have to worry about the list being lost, or
incomplete.  I believe this new system is a great
start, and we will see how well it operates and tweek
it as necessary.

Clarissima

--- Paul Gilbert <niklas at wt.net> wrote:
> This move is a procedure change that instead of
> having a list that no one
> seemed to know where it was or if the newcomer was
> placed on it or even if
> the "get in free list" got made.
>
> This way the newcomer has a tangible item (the
> ticket) that they can
> present at the gate.
>
> I have had a number of requests for the tickets and
> those requesting (and
> others) have stated they believe this is a good
> idea.
>
> This also has a side benefit that we can correlate
> the newcomer with their
> sponsor and have the sponsor (if they are willing)
> to follow up on asking
> the newcomer back to future activities. If the
> sponsor does not wish to do
> that for whatever reason. The hospitaler has a name
> that we can work from
> and hopefully gain a member.
>
> This process works much like a free guest pass at a
> trade show that a
> vendor or exhibitor has given out.
>
> The small loss of site fees from this is potential
> offset by possibly
> gaining new members. Research has found that most
> newcomers eat feast, thus
> we make some funding from that to offset the site
> fee loss.
>
> It is marketing and giving the consumer something
> tangible for their time.
>
> If someone still needs tickets. Please contact me
> direct by phone. So we
> can make arrangements to get them to you. I can be
> reached at 936-581-5632
> (this is a local call for Huntsville).
>
>
> Niklas
>
>
>
>
>
>  >
> > >We have a new procedure for getting into events
> without paying for site fee.
> >
> > >Instead of having a list at the gate, we will be
> giving out business size
> > >cards that will act at "tickets" for admittance
> to the event with no
> > site fee.
> > >
> >Are we actually in danger of that great a financial
> loss from newcomers' site
> >fees that this has become an issue?
> >
> >I understand the problems with the old 'list of
> names' system, but is it so
> >difficult, or financially devastating, for us to
> trust someone when they say
> >they or the person they're with is a newcomer?
> >
> >After all, we seem willing to believe everyone who
> says the people they're
> >getting tickets for are newcomers, or is it that it
> is easier and more
> >forgivable to consider the person you don't know to
> be a liar?
> >
> >Finn
>
>
>
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> Paul Gilbert, KE5ZW     H.L. Niklas Vasilevich, CSM,
> KGA, Crane, ORH
> Huntsville, Texas
> niklas at wt.net	               Society for Creative
> Anachronism
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=====
Grazie,
Clarissima

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