[Sca-cooks] OT- Input request from SCA BoD/politics

[Elaine Koogler]

I fear I must agree with you.  I know a number of folk who are either in
college or enlisted personnel in the armed services or, like me, long-term
unemployed and cannot afford to purchase a membership.  I am lucky in that I
have a lord who is working and helps pay my expenses.  However, many of
these folk are not.  They come to events and contribute in any way that they
can...helping to set up, cooking, whatever.  Often they contribute more of
their time and energy than those who can afford to pay...please note:  I
said OFTEN...before someone gets upset.  Yes, I suspect that there are a
number who would rather go purchase that wonderful length of linen or that
really cool set of gauntlets than pay for the cost of a membership.  But
there are also those who can't afford to do either.  I sincerely hope that
the SCA never goes to "pay for play" because it would keep a number of
really wonderful people away.

Kiri

-----Original Message-----

<<<< I know that many people thing that if we go to a required membership
thing that many people will not be attending events that are now. I also
realize that there are some who say they cannot afford to pay dues, though
how you cannot afford $ .10 a day to belong to the SCA totally escapes me
and I have noticed that many if not most of the ones who go on about not
being able to pay can afford to buy various items on merchants row every
event.  I think that if you made it pay for play that those who wanted to do
this would pay.  There may be some small number who just refuse to come to
events if they had to be members but I think most would cough up the money.
It still is the cheapest way to play, I can't think of another organization
with cost factors as low as ours. And I do agree that it is the non member
types who have the most to say about how things are done and who is doing
them wrong, so in actuality I wouldn't really care if they quit comming
anyway :)

YIS, Elric

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