[MR] NonMember Charges

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Non-members contribute nothing monetarily to the Society?   Do they not pay
to attend events?  Furthermore, is their attendance at events somehow more
expensive than members' attendance?  Do feast ingredients cost more if eaten
by non-members?  Do site tokens cost more if worn by non-members?  If they
pay the same amount as members and consume the same amount of resources as
members then they contribute as much monetarily as members do (at least at
the local level.)

I first began "playing" nearly 12 years ago as a poor college student.
During all this time, I have only been a "paying" member for a total of
about 4 years.  Yet, I know that my service to the Society did not wax and
wane depending upon my membership status.  Non-members, you see, help in the
kitchen and stay for clean-up, too.  It would seem, then, that non-members
contribute quite a bit to the Society, including, but not limited to, their
money.

Conversely, I have known many members who contributed nothing but their
money....

Your humble servant (and currently paid member),

Cristofana di Lorenzo

-----Original Message-----
From: Angela K. Pincha-Neel <angela at ascc01.ascc.lucent.com>
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] NonMember Charges


>His Majesty makes a good point Gregory, and he is correct in that
non-members
>contribute nothing - nothing monetarily to this society. There is no reason
why
>we cannot ask for monetary help from all who are participating in a regular
>fashion...
>
>Mordrea
>
>Greg Lindahl wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 02:18:37PM -0400, Logan wrote:
>>
>> > im not sure why anyone would have a problem with non-members paying a
little
>> > bit to defer the costs that the society as a whole incurs due, in part,
to
>> > their attendance at events while they contribute nothing.
>>
>> Logan,
>>
>> Given the many, many discussions about this in the past, which you
>> participated in, I'm not sure why you aren't familiar with the
>> arguments of the other side.
>>
>> By the way, many non-members contribute quite a lot to the Society;
>> perhaps you meant to say "at events while they contribute no funds to
>> the national corporation."
>>
>> -- Gregory Blount
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