[MR] Fees for membership and events

[Michelle L. McDaniel]

Greetings Good Gentles!

The topic of funding both the corporation and local groups is a delicate one
and can often be misunderstood. 

I feel that the BOD is out of line because it said it would not institute a
non-member surcharge and then turned around and have done exactly that.

That said, if the corporation needs more money, then I think membership fees
should be raised. The 45$ I spend annually for my husband and I to be
members, comes out to less than 4$ per month. This is not that expensive;
for a single person the price is slightly less and 3$ per month (that's
three 20oz. Pepsi's a month, how many soda's do college students drink in a
month?)

I do not agree with the arguments that the SCA is expensive to play and
increasing costs would price it out of students' price range. Whilst I was a
student, I found the SCA to be one of the least expensive forms of
entertainment. Where else for ususally less than 20$ per person (often less
than 15$ per person) can you get a full days entertainment and then a
multicourse, candle lit dinner of often really good food? Dinner and a movie
for two in the DC metro area is easily 50$ (we're eating at Old Country
Buffet or Fuddruckers, no desert, not Outback or Red Lobster) and at most
covers 4-5 hrs. 

I also think that making people subscribe seperately to TI is a bad idea.
One of the main reasons I am a member is so that I can receive TI. Many
professional organizations have as one of their primary membership benefits
a subscription to their journal.

As for a non-membership surcharge, I think that is a bad idea as well. We
should not make non-members support our hobby. 

Anyways, that's my tuppence!

**aelfwynn of whitby**
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