[Artemisia] Re: Site Fees

[DK Wickstrom]

At 09:52 AM 5/19/2006, you wrote:

In the brand spanking new local exchequers handbook, it states several 
times ex. pg. 70 "The rules regarding the collection of the Non-Member 
Surcharge are available from your superior officer.  They can tell you how 
much to collect for each non-member attendee at an event, what situations 
require collection, and any exclusions to collecting the surcharge, such as 
for discounted children or events without a site fee."

Our dear Mistress Morwenna d'Membyr is the only person in the kingdom who 
can tell the rest of us what to do as far as this goes.  Corporate asks $3 
per non-member.  The corporate website has several different and 
conflicting pieces of information dealing with this issue depending on 
where you look.  As an exchequer the rules that I am currently living under 
until corrected by my boss the Kingdom exchequer are:

1. Charge $3 for all adult non-members ( anyone who cannot present a blue 
or white card that is not expired or a current Sage), regardless of whether 
or not they pay a site fee.  I have been told that even if the Barony wants 
to allow first timers to come in for free, I must still charge the $3 and 
the Barony cannot even keep a donation account to pay this for first time 
attendees.

2.  If there is a discounted rate for children, any child coming in at that 
discounted rate does not pay the $3 non-member fee.  This age changes with 
every event and I keep an event flyer with me to determine who does and who 
does not get charged.

Mistress Morwenna is the only person who can tell me to change my ways, 
that is her job.

Any questions should be directed to the only person whose job it is to 
clear these things up, Mistress Morwenna.

Thank you for your patience,

Esabell



>In response to more messages...
>
>The corporate NMS is defined clearly. it is $3.00 for every non-member 
>paying a full site fee. There are no rules against groups offering their 
>own "member discounts" or non-member surcharge, and it is up to the 
>individual group who this would apply to.  That is *not* legislated at 
>Kingdom and Society level.  Very few groups have ever applied such 
>surcharges to youth or discounted site fees.  I think that those who do 
>could be encouraged not to by addressing the matter with the hosting 
>group's seneschal and exchequer.  I would imagine that there are instances 
>where someone is helping at the gate that may not know the policies, and 
>this would be a matter of education.
>
>It is up to each group to decide  the site fees for their events. Loch 
>Salann has the ages for each type of site fee, and the percentage youth 
>are charged compared to adults is written into the Baronial Financial 
>Policies.
>
>I would imagine other groups have a similar understanding.  In Loch 
>Salann, the youth site fees are used to help offset the cost of youth 
>activities.  It is also expected that every autocrat will budget $50.00 
>for the youth minister to plan suitable activities.  This happens for 
>every event.  I am not saying this should happen everywhere, but it works 
>for Loch Salann.  I really think this should be defined at the local level.
>
>~thea
>(speaking for myself at this point)
>"You are all learners, doers, teachers."  -Richard Bach
>
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