[Artemisia] NMS and Site Fees

[Caointiarn]

By my way of thinking,  {and that can be fairly twisted at times}   a youth 
of 16 may buy a membership, however, a minor is not legally responsible for 
entering into a binding contract {I'm also not a legal type person by any 
means}  So to me,  NMS is for ADULTS, those persons over 18 years of age. 
That's how I have interpreted the regs.  I don't expect children to be card 
carrying members, their parents are another matter.   Another question to 
ask an Autocrat before any event:  Is there a  *Family Cap?*

As far as charging additional fees for NMS beyond the $3 required,  that is 
wrong, unless there needs to be more liability coverage or other insurance. 
"Making a profit" from  additional NMS should be discouraged from the 
Corporate level.

Caointiarn {who can't sleep coz it's too warm}


> There have been "member discounts" for events throughout my time in the 
> SCA, even when there wasn't a corporate non-member surcharge.  While I 
> agree this should only be applied to adult site fees, how is charging an 
> additional amount above corporate requirements any different than allowing 
> a "discount with proof of membership", something that has been done 
> throughout the known world for a long time?  This is not new, what is 
> different in my estimation is that $3.00 of a non-members site fee is 
> going to the corporation.
>
> Please let me know your opinions on this matter.  It goes along with some 
> relatively recent discussion (about 5 weeks ago) on the Grand Council 
> list, and I will be bringing this up there once I hear back from anyone 
> who chooses to answer to try to get more information.
>
> ~thea
> -=-=-=-=-=-
> Dame Theodora of Trebizond, OP
> At-Large Member of the Grand Council