[MR] NonMember Charges

[Craig Levin]

Cuan Princeps:

> Hi everyone.  I just came online and saw all the talk and would like to 
> clarify some things, if I can.  Back in May the BoD was asking the Kingdoms 
> to be creative in encouraging membership while telling us that reinstatement 
> of the $3 non-member surcharge was not being considered at the national 
> level.  So TRM in consultation with the Seneschal, and with us, decided to 
> give members in Atlantia a $3 discount effective July 2002.  Then, in 
> October, after telling us the non-member surcharge was not coming back, the 
> BoD made us look a little silly by voting to reinstate it effective January 
> 2003.  So we will hold a curia at November Crown whereat we will put a 
> December 31, 2002 sunset provision on the discount, and a January 1, 2002 
> effective date on the BoD mandated non-member surcharge.  We were discussing 
> keeping both, but that plan seems unwieldy in the extreme for autocrats 
> budgeting events, and a little unfair to non-members.  So basically, fair 
> Atlantia will give no discount and not keep the extra $3 from non-members, 
> and the national will get the $3.  I am a little disappointed at the BoD's 
> reasoning that it is OK to reinstate the surcharge because some people 
> suggested it, because they fail to take into account the effect of their 
> announcement that the surcharge option was not on the table.  In other 
> words, had the BoD said the surcharge was a possibility, how many people 
> would have actively opposed it?  We will never know.  Anyway, whatever your 
> feelings on membership, if you are not a member after January 1, 2003, you 
> will pay an extra $3 at the gate; over that we have no control.

Your Highness, I believe we do have that control. 

I remember 1993-1994 well, too. Some places simply decided to
have recommended donations at the gate, instead of charging a
flat fee; theoretically, one could enter without leaving a dime,
but the donation basket was there. One could raise the money for
an event by means other than charging or collecting donations at
the gate. One could find free sites-probably not very likely in
the DC area, but let's not rule that out-and charge only for
feast.

In Service,

Dom Pedro de Alcazar
Barony of Storvik, Atlantia
Drakkar Herald
Argent a tower purpure between 3 bunches of grapes proper

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