[MR] Event Profit Sharing

[Gerita della Mara]

Yes, Gulf Wars does that.  This is why they make all their volunteers 
fill out that form listing home group.  It's not too difficult, once you 
create a system.  They also had merchants donate "prizes" that you could 
earn based on hours worked, and there was a huge raffle for volunteers 
at the end of War.  I'm not sure it attracted additional volunteers, but 
it did go a long way toward making those of us who worked the whole 
thing feel special!

Gerita


On 5/25/2011 9:01 AM, Trey and Janine Sutter wrote:
> I volunteered at Gulf Wars one year and a little while later my Canton 
> got a small check in the mail.  They could not figure out what it was 
> for until they thought to ask the 2 of us that attended the war.  At 
> the time, I did not know that volunteering generated revenue for my 
> home group, but a lot of people doing just a few hours each can really 
> add up!
>
> Kari
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <ldmolly at md.metrocast.net>
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:44 AM
> Subject: [MR] Event Profit Sharing
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>
>> You know, the mention of event profit sharing made me remember 
>> something that's worked well in other areas.
>>
>> A portion of the event profits for larger events (Wars primarily, 
>> IIRC), say 10-25% (I blush that I do not remember the exact 
>> percentage used),  is set aside to be split between those who 
>> volunteer time during the event, to be sent to their home Barony or 
>> sub-group.
>>
>> The nice thing about this is that the groups with the largest 
>> percentage of volunteers gets the largest portion of the fund 
>> allocated and there is always a fairly ready source of volunteers who 
>> can see tangible benefits from their efforts. Many of the 
>> Baronies/subgroups encouraged their members to give some time to the 
>> events and enjoyed a little cash flow for each hour donated.
>>
>> Might not solve all of the problems of the universe, but it might be 
>> a nice idea for bigger events that rely heavily on volunteer staff 
>> (such as Sapphire, WOW, etc.)
>>
>> Molly
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