[MR] Pennsic 30 Budget

[Terry L. Neill]

>Except that we're a non profit organization and if
>there is thousands in a group account then I would
>wonder if it weren't time to lower event fees.  Maybe
>they didn't need to be as high as they thought.


Non-profit doesn't mean the SCA isn't allowed to make a profit.

It merely means that a *person* isn't allowed to profit.

Of course, if an SCA group *does* make a profit, then that leaves the 
question of what the heck to do with it.  Buy spiffy stuff for the group?  
Produce the group newsletter for free?  Donate to the Kingdom?  Donate to 
Corporate?  Lower site fees and run a few events at a loss?  Donate to the 
Longship Company? (of course!!  :-)

If (that's IF) the $25,000 came from Pennsic profits, then perhaps a look at 
the site fee is warranted.  But the rebate would be around $2.50 per person, 
at 10,000 attendees per year.  Not much of an over-charging of a site fee, 
if so.

Regards!

  - Anarra Karlsdottir

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