[Artemisia] NMS and Site Fees

[Syeira]

I know what you mean. I didn't realize my question was going to stir things up but I am glad I asked!
   
  Syeira

Freydis the Good <freydisthegood at gmail.com> wrote:
  I never meant to start anything, opinions were asked for, I simply
gave mine, yada, yada, yada. :-)


SMILES!!!
Freydis







On 5/19/06, JD Gibson wrote:
> The Society lists the NMS as follows:
> 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.
> -------------
> Facts:
> 1 Rules out Fighter Practices and other such non "organized" meetings,
> 2 takes Demos out of the pot.
> 3 quite simply states a NMS will NOT be collected for minors where there is
> a different fee, IE Minors would pay the NMS if the Autocrat does not choose
> to make a seperate price for minors. It also does not anywhere define age
> of minor, just that if a discount is given for an age group, the discounted
> site fee becomes exempt from the NMS.
> 4 rules out charging the NMS to anyone who has a site fee waived. (Again a
> choice of the group, say how at smaller day events we often waive a
> firsttimers site fee.)
> None of the above changes or modifies the process of a group giving their
> own "discount for members".
>
>
> OK on the age thing. Depending on where you sit, a person is considered a
> minor in one of an assortment of conditions. Those who may not drink
> alcohol, those who are able to represent themselves legally, those old
> enough to fight under current SCA rules, or so on. This definition is left
> for the groups and autocrats to decide, and when they go the wrong way on a
> choice, they hear it and don't do such things again. For the most part, fee
> structure and such are discussed at Business meetings, and a minimum must be
> approved by the local scenischal. For the most part we all follow a pack
> mentality going on the addage of what is X Y & Z groups doing, we will do
> that. I can't say I find this a bad way, it leaves the power to the people,
> and as this conversation has brought up, something anyone who runs events
> will keep in mind when making the age breakdowns and prices. I have noticed
> no-one has mentioned anythign about how as a group we do not charge for
> children 5 and under, Which I think as a group we all have decided is a very
> good point to not charge due to limited activities, and the time it takes
> from the Adults day.
>
> There is no use arguing what the NMS rules are and are not, the real
> question I think that needs to be discussed is what age should we consider
> the low end of the normal fee structure, and what age should get the
> discount. I do ask those who respond site reasons for why they choose one
> age or another, as I hope to learn more from my friends and the populious so
> I can make better choices in the future. Isn't however that what it is all
> about, trying something, evaluating the reaction and maintaining or changing
> based on that reaction?
>
> Lord John Gilson, HUH?
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> It's coming,Uprising XX!(www.uprisingwar.org)
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