[MR] Joining at the Door

[Adendra at charleston.net]

If they had access to a computer to go online and buy their memberships 
prior to getting in the gate, then they could, because then they could print 
off the proof of membership page showing that they have paid.

Baroness Aodh Adendra Marland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. Brian Towey" <cbt at ib-ent.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:55 AM
Subject: [MR] Joining at the Door


> Friends and neighbors,
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>
>
> I have a technical question about the non-member surcharge.
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>
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> I was recently visiting the Smithsonian, and went shopping in their 
> glorious
> museum shops.  I bought enough stuff that the 10% member's discount was
> enough to pay for the membership.  I joined on the spot, got the discount,
> and that was that.  Afterward, I wondered: does SCA membership work the 
> same
> way?  Suppose a family of newcomers arrives at our gate.  Suppose they
> mentally tally up the NMS and decide that it's a fair fraction of a family
> membership.  Can they join on the spot and pay the member rate for
> admission?
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> I'm trying to pull together a newcomer-oriented event, and I'm sure it 
> will
> come up.  Getting them to join is, of course, the whole idea.
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>
> Your servant,
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>
>
> Charles Fleming
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