[MR] Non-member surcharge (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Caitlin:

> I have a suggestion for folks who don't want to pay the non-member surcharge
> at events: join. Get an associate membership for $20.00. Go to ten events,
> save $30.00. Go to Pennsic, save $20.00 more. Are those benefits tangible
> enough for me? You betcha!

It's not necessarily non-members who have a beef with the NMS.
I've been a member for years, and I don't like the notion. It's
also not merely a question of the expense, for me. What a person
who doesn't pay the Milpitas tithe costs the corporation is
mainly insurance, and that's $3.00 per person per annum-she
doesn't receive the periodicals, can't be an officer, and, in
lots of places, can't fight. The heralds support themselves
through their own fee structure, so anything she does with them
doesn't touch the corporation.

> If you aren't happy with the Board's decision (three years in the making),
> write to them. If you have ideas for more appropriate ways to earn revenue
> for the corporation, I'm sure they'd love to hear them.

As Kwelland-Njal has noted, people have, via the GC, put forward
proposals and asked questions, and have gotten stonewalled. 

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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