[MR] NMS - Re: Unofficial - All Things Marshal

[Siegfried]

Thanks for the correction Anne, but this certainly leaves many questions 
hanging:

>>From the "NMS FAQs" on the kingdom exchequer list:
> Question: We’re having a gathering.  We’re expecting garb, we’re asking
 >   everyone to chip in $x to pay for the site, but .... so it’s not a
 >   real event; it’s sort of an “unofficial” event.  Therefore, we aren’t
 >   asking for NMS.  Right?
> Answer: Wrong.  There is no such thing as “unofficial events” in 
 >  the SCA, and it doesn’t matter which day of the week it is
 >  held.  The test of whether the gathering is an event is how it
 >  is announced:  "...Society events for which a full announcement
 >  including date, time, and place has been published in advance
 >  in the appropriate corporate publication…"     If it is announced
 >  in the Acorn and a fee is required, then NMS is required too.

Ok then, if I read that correctly then ... then from corporate's point 
of view ... any 'gathering' that is published in an appropriate 
corporate publication (such as the Acorn, or even Baronial Newsletters) 
is an event.  If date, time, and place were published.

Therefore, if at any of these, a fee is required, NMS is required as well.

This would mean, that yes, All Things Marshal may not be an event in the 
eyes of Atlantia ... but IS an event in the eyes of Corporate.  An 
interesting clarification.

If you take this further it also means that in the eyes of corporate, 
that Fighter Practices, Business meetings, and so on, would be 'Events'.

Just that since we don't charge admission, we don't collect NMS.

It would seem to imply though, that if you had a fighter practice that 
required a fee to attend, in order to pay for the site.  Or an archery 
practice that had a fee to pay for site/equipment/etc ... that NMS would 
have to be collected.

yes?

Can we have these gray areas clarified?

> Further, I quote from the SCA FAQs:
> "Events must be sponsored by a branch of the SCA, registered with
 >   the Seneschal, publicized at least to the members of the branch,
 >   and conducted according to Society Rules.  The term "official"
 >   is outmoded.
> "There is no such thing as an "unofficial" event.  An activity
 >   is either an SCA event or it isn't.  If it meets the
 >   requiremetns described above, it is an SCA event.  If it
 >   doesn't meet those requirements, it is not an SCA event.
 >   This also applies to activities that might not be thought
 >   of as "events", such as fighter practice. A "figher practice"
 >   held in someone's backyard, and publicized only by word of
 >   mouth, is not an SCA-sponsored activity.  It is important to
 >   note that non-SCA-sponsored activities are NOT covered by
 >   the SCA's insurance.

And these seem to confirm that ...  According to corporate, fighter 
practices, meetings, etc are all SCA Events ... and are therefore 
subject to the surcharge, if they charge admission.

Siegfried