SC - THANKS:::- NEED AN OPINION

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From: "micaylah" <dy018 at freenet.carleton.ca>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: SC - Profit was Opinions?


> > This getting to be a big thing in little shires also. The shire I
> belonged
> > to in Missouri was Charged $750 for a school just to do Royal
> University. It
> > is getting outrageous, Unless you have Fairly wealthy members ready to
> > donate the site fee, you can't possibly break even for the event let
> alone
> > the feast.  I fear that the high costs of sites may doom the SCA and
> all
> > like us in the end.   And don't think Churches will always welcome us,
> many
> > won't rent to us in Calontir because they don't want the Sunday setup
> > disturbed.  Outdoors sites are best for cost but many groups can't
> afford to
> > buy or rent the burners for cooking outdoor feasts.
>
> I think that the "we must make money" mindset stems from an older sca
> where groups were not quite as rich as we once were. Call it old-school
> thinking. Today (at least here in Ealdormere) we are a fairly well off
> Kingdom. Our Canton also has a fairly hefty bank account as well. We
> were very fortunate a couple of years ago to have a surplus of money
> from an large event held annually in one of our Baronies. They made too
> much money according to Corpora and this presented a problem. What they
> did was gift all of our Baronies with an equal amount of money including
> the travel fund set up for Royalty.
Our you well off enough to host Coronation or Crown Tourney and have it be a
Free event?  We had a Barony do that with a Coronation back in 1999. Took a
hefty chunk of their bank account do it. But they felt bad having such a
large bank Account.  It is a good idea to make at least small profit. Large
$1000 dollar or more profits are ludicrous and obscene. You charged too much
for site or feast if that is the case.   Remember that Ealdormere is still a
toddler kingdom you might be walking now but lean times could set in.
always good to have a cushion when that happens.

Thorbjorn