[SCA-AE] NMS--wider consideration

[Michael Greenstein]

Greetings from Michael Alewright.

Personally, I draw a distinction between "members of the SCA" and 
"members of Corpora."  Paying dues to a California corporation that 
periodically forgets that the tail isn't supposed to wag the dog may be 
a necessary evil, but evil is never less odious for its necessity and it 
behooves us to minimize its impact upon the things that truly matter.  I 
am a paid member of Corpora, but I purchase my membership in the SCA 
with my sweat, not with my checkbook.

Let us of AEthelmearc never forget the echoed voices of those smiling 
villains, who once declared that we would never become a Kingdom because 
of Three Bad Peers among us who dared to stand in challenge to Corpora's 
excesses, and upon Corpora's own ground.

In commemoration of worthy deeds,
Michael

On 2/25/10 11:13 AM, Erin Childs wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Taranach McLeod<taranach at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Many of those I have been hearing screaming loudest have been those
>> who are self avowed "non-members" who refuse to pay on "principle"...
>>      
> I have seen very few people in this discussion mention whether or not
> they are members.  I'm curious where you come to the conclusion that
> the people who dislike the NMS, or the increase to it, aren't members.
>   I just haven't seen that being anyone's obvious perspective.
>
> Originally, the main point of all this was how to make events more
> appealing to new participants.  I really have no idea why people
> started screaming about the 'freeloaders and slackers' who play a lot
> but don't become members.  But the 'Us and Them' mentality that's
> emerged has been a real eye-opener for me.
>
> -Ailis Linne
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