[MR] NonMember Charges

[Logan]

i appreciate your thoughts and your opinions on the contributions that non
members make. and i agree completely.  however, as i have clarified before,
my comment was based solely on monetary contributions to the sca inc.  of
which non members add nothing.

warmest regards
logan


  -----Original Message-----
  From: atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org]On Behalf Of ThistleDragon at aol.com
  Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:00 AM
  To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
  Subject: RE: [MR] NonMember Charges


  Greetings to the List,
    I have been reading all the letters and found that we are politicing
again:+)

     Your Majesty,

      Please forgive any rudness, but I do not agree with the statement "no
they dont contribute to the society." As a whole newbies contribute a lot to
the society bring in new faces, new thoughts, not to meantion all the
volunteer work they do to get to know people.  I do agree however that a
non-member should pay a little more than a mmeber otherwise what would be
the point of being a member? If we as a populace sponsered a newbie and
matched them up with a person who shares thier interest, they would be come
more involved then we would have more membership. Everytime I attend an
event I bring newbies with me and they volunteer out of thier own good
hearts and understand that they have to pay the extra $3 to see what the
game is like (of course I personally cover thier extra $3 at the first
couple of events).

     Being new to this kingdom I personal have found it hard to aproach
people at events without volunteering for something. Now for me that is a
weird thing as I have the personality that bubbles....I always smile and
have a kind word people for people I meet. Also when I see the lost puppy
look I go over an introduce myself. Listening to new people at events I find
them leaving and never coming back because people don't stop and talk to
them( yes, I always tell them to give us another chance..surprisingly they
do when someone is kind to them). Now asking how do we know the new from the
old? We don't. So talking to a new face you have never seen could be a
really cool thing or talking to someone you've seen before but never talk to
could be cool too. BTW Your Majesty....on this paragragh I was not leturing
to you:+)

  On this statment, "they pay no membership fees", your right they don't,
but as I have stated above if we encourage and make new people feel welcome,
get them involved with what we are doing, they will happily join!  if I have
offend anyone I do humbly apologize. It just means we need to relax and have
more fun than work.

                                         :::steps off the soap box::::
  YIS to the Dream,
  Lady Annadorla von Rothenburg
  of the fees you listed are paid by the hosting group and not by the
  national
  organization.

  regards
  logan


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