[MR] Lowering event fees

[Maymunah al Siqilliyah]

I don't think Ray was suggesting a hard and fast rule.   In my Barony, 
the autocrat can present a budget in which teachers were comped and if 
the numbers work out then he/she could do that.  That prevents said 
slippery slope, because it is a one time decision and not a general policy.

Also, having taught a lot of classes in my time, it's not a matter of 
being reimbursed for your time; it's a matter of being reimbursed for 
the $40 you spent making copies at Kinkos or for the art materials you 
provide for hands on classes.  I have so consistently lost money on 
classes, and not just a little money, but $50 - $75 for a University, 
that I have a new method for classes. I've taught classes with a large 
handout with color images and gotten three or four dollars back as 
contributions from the students even when my class description required 
a $2 donation from everyone!   I now put my 'handouts' on google docs, 
with the scanned art work or whatever in an online gallery and give the 
attendees a one page black and white hand out that gives them links to 
my online presence where they can view art images and print out 
bibliographies to their heart's content.  It also allows me to make 
corrections or additions to the topic over time and have that available 
to those interested.  That way, I only lose the ink cartridge expense to 
print out those 20 pages, instead of paying for 20 copies of a 12 page 
article.


On 6/22/2010 11:40 PM, scribe0002 at aol.com wrote:
>   This is a very practical solution on the surface. However, it becomes a very slippery slope. If teachers are comped, should the gate keeper be? What about the person who sits gate 8 hours? The person cleaning the showers? The head cook? The person who spent the day washing dishes? The MoL?
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> I'm not trying to be confrontational here but it's a question I've twisted over myself.
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> If we start comping people who give their time and resources, where do we stop? Who is more deserving than others?
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> ~gise ... sometime event steward
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy B. Scherer<rscherer at infionline.net>
> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 11:14 pm
> Subject: Re: [MR] Lowering event fees
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>           Earlier, one gentle mentioned that he would have liked to attend an event and present a class in an appropriate A&S, but was deterred from doing so by the combination of up-front costs he would incur for teaching/demo supplies, in addition to the event fee.
>          Perhaps, to address similar concerns from others, autocrats might consider waiving event fees, in full or in part, for those who will be teaching.
>          Having never autocratted an event, I cannot judge how practical this suggestion may be . . . but perhaps it's worthy of consideration.
> -- YIS,
> -- Britton
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