[MR] comps

[logan]

clearly you are confused.  profit is abundance beyond needs.  a group does
not need profit to keep from going "bankrupt" it just needs to pay its
bills.  thats called sound management, nothing more.

logan

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-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Houghton
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 3:19 PM
To: logan
Cc: Merry Rose
Subject: Re: [MR] comps

Howdy!

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:55 PM, logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com> wrote:
> i find a disconnect when people suggest that the head cook should pay just
> like any other "event goer".  the difference, at least to me, is that when
> lord bob shows up at the event and spends 14 hours on saturday attending
the
> event it is vastly different than lord spoonhand that spends 14 hours
> working in the kitchen.  one is attending the event the other is attending
> to a pot on a stove.  seems a bit unappreciative to me for someone to go
up
> to spoonhand and say "hey buddy, as soon as youre done basting those hens
i
> need you to pony up $10.  what, you thought you could work here for
free?".
> then again i also find it distasteful when an event steward mentions, at a
> meeting, that the last event made $1200.00 profit and folks applaud.  so
> maybe im weird.
>
The basic rule is "everyone pays the site fee". Period. Each branch gets to
decide for themselves who gets an exception. It is unremarkable to routinely
give visiting royalty that exception. Beyond that, it depends. That's part
of
what makes this the SCA and not a Renn Faire. Yes, if you want to spend
the entire event working, you still have to pay. That's just how it works.

I am also at a loss to understand what is wrong with an event making a
profit
of $1200. That net revenue can be used to pay the rental on a storage space,
or fighter practice, or other things that benefit the group. If events
never show
a profit, the group will go bankrupt. That's really distasteful. Imagine
events
netting $40,000 or more...

yours,
Herveus

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