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

[johnna holloway]

And there are a number of people who have
been around for years and are founding or
original members of shires and baronies
and are now retired or
semi-retired... they attend maybe one event
a year. Should they pay a full annual membership
for the one event they attend?? It's bad enough
that when they do attend, no one knows who they
are or that the Barony was around back then...
They can't figure out why that old guy or lady is
wearing that coronet and seems to have a white
belt, or some of the awards like a laurel...
when gee they've never heard of them...
Johnna Holloway Johnnae llyn Lewis

Elaine Koogler wrote:>
> 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. snipped  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