[SCA-AE] SCA budget and newcomers

[Taranach McLeod]

For all those currently complaining about the price increase, Here is
something very interesting to look at...
I took that $10 from 1970, which matches the stated 40 years ago, and
compared it using all of the indexes for inflation and such to show
what that same ten dollars is equal to in today's dollars....

Current data is only available till 2008. In 2008,  $10.00  from 1970 is worth:
	$55.43 	using the Consumer Price Index
	$44.61 	using the GDP deflator
	$59.65 	using the value of consumer bundle
	$56.64 	using the unskilled wage
	$93.67 	using the nominal GDP per capita
	$139.09 	using the relative share of GDP

These numbers are about the same through over twenty sites I tried it with...

Seems like the SCA has undervalued things considerably for the most
part... even if you include the TI subscription with a full membership
the cost is only $35 + $25 = $60... and the TI is a LOT better now
then it was then...

How loud would you be complaining if the membership costs had kept
pace with the rest of the economy?

Then there is how much more there is to do within the Society now as
well as the larger and more frequent events, plus there is usually
something happening fairly close.

Membership is still very much worth it.  As for the problems with the
Kingdom newsletter, did you talk to anybody at Kingdom about that? I
did when my address was listed incorrectly and my newsletters have
been arriving with no problems every month.

Taranach

Melior abolesco in nostrum pedis quam ad servio in nostrum genua



On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Robert Waldbauer <rdehwyll at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Having observed the discussions and thought long and hard about the situation, perhaps a view of the long-term changes might be in order.
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> When I first joined the SCA more than 40 years ago. my membership included:
> A spiffy card showing I was a member.
> A subscription to my Kingdom Newsletter.
> A subscription to Tournaments Illuminated.
> The ability to attend any SCA-sponsored events I wished.
> All for $10.00 a year...
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> Today, my membership cost is $35. I still get the spiffy membership card. If I'm lucky, I get an occasional Kingdom Newsletter -- no guarantee. (I only received one issue during my last membership period.) The other 'perks' have disappeared or cost more.
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> Will I be renewing my membership? Probably not. I'll still attend the occasional event, paying whatever NMS is currently being charged, but that's all. The BOD has disillusioned me by raising prices without giving me even the same perquisites that I originally found attractive.
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> One possible solution to the cost issues? Go to an All-volunteer set-up, eliminating all paid positions. Hold all conferences via the web. Just my two cents...
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