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In a message dated 4/19/01 2:08:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
melcnewt at netins.net writes:

<< They made too
 > much money according to Corpora and this presented a problem. >>

Would it be possible to send me the citation for the section of Corpora that 
stipulates how many funds an SCA group can hold? I am unaware of such a 
'rule.' Our shire is relatively well off with a substantial main account and 
a CD or 2. While we regularly contribute to various Kingdom needs such as the 
Chiurgeonate, we have never been told that we have too many funds. I would 
suspect that someone has misinterpreted 'nonprofit' to mean 'no profit' which 
is an error. 

Sources of our working funds have included such things as raffles, auctions, 
a food booth at local community events, rare gratuities from school demos, 
the making and selling of portable period game boards and jester's hats. 

Feast funding has always been restricted to a break even pricing schedule and 
has never been used as a source of income, BTW. This is accomplished by 
severely restricting the number of onboard spaces (typically 75 -150) while 
offering Saturday lunch, and Sunday breakfast to all comers. The schedule of 
fees in the past has been set at $5-$6 per person for feast (separate from 
the site fee) and the inclusion of $1.25 per person for lunch and 75 cents 
per person for breakfast in the site fee. For instance, an event may be 
$13.00 for the entire weekend (including camping/lodging) onboard and 
$8.00/weekend off-board (includes lunch/breakfast fees). Several surrounding 
shires do the same thing. It seems to work well.

Ras