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<DIV><FONT size=1>Greetings Good Gentles!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>The topic of funding both the corporation and local groups is a delicate
one and can often be misunderstood. </DIV>
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<DIV>I feel that the BOD is out of line because it said it would not institute a
non-member surcharge and then turned around and have done exactly that.</DIV>
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<DIV>That said, if the corporation needs more money, then I think membership
fees should be raised. The 45$ I spend annually for my husband and I to be
members, comes out to less than 4$ per month. This is not that expensive; for a
single person the price is slightly less and 3$ per month (that's three 20oz.
Pepsi's a month, how many soda's do college students drink in a month?)</DIV>
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<DIV>I do not agree with the arguments that the SCA is expensive to play and
increasing costs would price it out of students' price range. Whilst I was a
student, I found the SCA to be one of the least expensive forms of
entertainment. Where else for ususally less than 20$ per person (often less than
15$ per person) can you get a full days entertainment and then a multicourse,
candle lit dinner of often really good food? Dinner and a movie for two in the
DC metro area is easily 50$ (we're eating at Old Country Buffet or Fuddruckers,
no desert, not Outback or Red Lobster) and at most covers 4-5 hrs. </DIV>
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<DIV>I also think that making people subscribe seperately to TI is a bad idea.
One of the main reasons I am a member is so that I can receive TI. Many
professional organizations have as one of their primary membership benefits a
subscription to their journal.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for a non-membership surcharge, I think that is a bad idea as well. We
should not make non-members support our hobby. </DIV>
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<DIV>Anyways, that's my tuppence!</DIV>
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<DIV>**aelfwynn of whitby**</DIV></BODY></HTML>