[Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Membership Fees

[Paul Reed]

Sustaining gets a newsletter which is a requirement to be an officer

Associate doesn’t get the newsletter. 

In my case there are 2 adults in my house and no kids. We are both officers
in our group. 

We only have to have one sustaining membership in the household so that we
both have access to the newsletter. We have however always both gotten the
full sustaining membership as we both believe in supporting the organization
that provides the insurance for us to play as much as we do. 

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[mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org] On Behalf Of Redhawk
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 6:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Membership Fees

I agree with HE Gefjon.  It truly isn't right.  Both HL Wulph and I pay for
a substaining membership.  Perhaps some one could explain the difference
between substaining and associate and the value of having a substaining
since I can't seem to remember.
So someone gets a case of the beak, sues the SCA and the populace suffers
for it. I thought that is why we have a hefty insurance policy.  Perhaps it
doesn't cover attorney fees... Idunno..  I agree that all adults need to pay
the same price and the little ones (children not little adults) can be
associates.  Until they reach the age of  obtaining a blue card.  Then I
feel the kids need to pay the adult price.  With a blue card, they are then
playing an adult game.
Redhawk




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From: Kristine Alvarez <kristinela at yahoo.com>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 5:04:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Membership Fees

--- On Thu, 12/2/10, Sondra Gibson <sgibson at edulog.com> wrote:

From: Sondra Gibson <sgibson at edulog.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Membership Fees
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 3:28 PM Well, it appears that some of us
may be priced out of the organization.
That will make a sustaining membership $45.  Which in my opinion is WAY too
much.  

I also very strongly resent the fact that single people are subsidizing
families.  The majority of couples these days have 2 incomes, to pay for the
monthly expenses on one home.  Which generally puts them in a better
financial position than single people living on one income.  Why should one
of them be charged $10 while single folks have to pay $45?  That is just
totally wrong.  All adults should have to pay the same price.    

Gefjon
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I understand your frustration. The single memembership would go up 22% and
the family membership would go up only 13%. However, to assume that all
families have 2 incomes is wrong. Even when there are two incomes, families
have often more expenses than singles. I'm sure a suggestion to increase the
family membership more than the single membership increases would be in my
opinion more fair that to suggest that both adults pay a full membership.
That would be an increase of 60% for family memberships and I'd bet that it
would price families out of the game much quicker that way.
 
Things are costing more and more these days while income is decreasing for
all of us. We have to accept that it's affecting all aspects of our lives
and we may have to make unfortunate decisions to cut costs for
non-essentials. I hope we can all find a way to keep "playing."
YIS,
Kristine Ragnvaldsdatter
 
 


      
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