[Artemisia] NMS Policy

[Theodora (AKA Rachael)]

The following is copied verbatim from the SCa website:
http://www.sca.org/BOD/announcements/nms.html

This should clear up any confusion.
~thea


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>From the Board of Directors

At the July 20, 2002 quarterly meeting, after several months of collecting comments from the membership, the Board of Directors instituted a nonmember surcharge of $3 on admission to events. The Board directed the Vice President of Corporate Operations, Society Seneschal, and Society Exchequer, and the appropriate Kingdom officers to establish implementation proceedures. After three months of study, the SCA's officers presented the following guidelines for NMS implementation.

How the NMS applies:

(1) The NMS will apply to events which meet the requirements defined in Corpora section II.C., "...Society events for which a full announcement including date, time, and place has been published in advance in the appropriate corporate publication;" and for which a fee or required donation to attend the event is charged.

(2) The NMS will not be collected if there is no fee or required donation to attend the event.

(3) The NMS will not be collected for minors for whom there is a discounted event fee.

(4) The NMS will not be collected for any adult for whom an entry fee or required donation is not collected, even if others are required to pay at the same event.

Default procedure for NMS implementation:

(1) Each Kingdom will collect the NMS and forward monies in US fund to the Corporate Office on a quarterly basis. 

(2) The Kingdom Seneschal and Kingdom Chancellor Of The Exchequer will be responsible for ensuring compliance.

(3) Implementation alternatives may be presented to, and approved by, the Society Seneschal and Treasurer of the SCA, Inc. Final approval of alternatives will be reviewed by the Board.

At the SCA Board of Directors' meeting that was held in October 2002, the non-member surcharge was further defined to include fee structures: 
For the Kingdoms that reside in the United States, the NMS fee is $3 USD. For Kingdoms and groups that reside in Canada, the NMS fee is $4 CAN. For the Kingdom of Drachenwald, the NMS fee is 3 EUR. 

The Non-Member Surcharge (NMS) goes into effect on 1 January 2003 for all 16 Laurel Kingdoms. The NMS does not apply to Lochac as they are under the SCAA, Inc. organization. A new NMS submission form will also be in the new exchequer handbook. 
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