FW: [MR] Ignorant Question

[Malone, Nicholas S.]

No, they do not pay a fee, as a matter of fact each Kingdom is subsidized
from national for mailing lists and for their local news letter.

AshaHito

Nicholas S. Malone
Information Systems Supervisor
Virginia Department of Transportation
Transportation Planning Division
1401 East Broad Street, Room 113
Richmond, VA 23219
P: 804.786.1124
F: 804.225.4785
Nicholas.Malone at VirginiaDOT.org



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hank Harwell [mailto:cleireac at juno.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:04 AM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Ignorant Question
> 
> 
> I know I am about to embarrass myself thoroughly with this 
> question, but
> I'm curious.
> 
> With all the discussion regarding the NMS, one point seems to be
> continually made:  The NMS is going to fund the Corporation.
> 
> In my Everyday Life, I work with a national organization that 
> has several
> smaller groups.  Each smaller groups pays what is termed "support
> service" to the larger group over it, all the way to the 
> national office.
>  This support service pays for the upkeep and operation of each larger
> office.
> 
> My question is this:  Do the kingdoms pay a "support service" or
> "franchise fee" annually to the Corporation?  My understanding is that
> this would be compensation for affiliating with the Corporation and
> therefore receiving the benefits of the name, SCA, Inc. and the
> privileges of accessing things like the 501 (c) status and group
> insurance rates, etc.
> 
> If this were implemented, then I could see not having to 
> assess the NMS
> (which I am not necessarily opposed to, personally).  Of 
> course, if it is
> already in place, then I have just shown my ignorance...
> 
> Brother Cleireac of Inisliath
> 
> Devotion to the freedom of the people of God is nothing to be 
> ashamed of;
> otherwise when one is confronted by the devil it may be a case of 'you
> alone, me alone'. -- Rule of St. Comghall
> 
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