-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The issue is who's going to manage it? There isn't any particular person who's at every event, and it's not like we're going to hire a doorman to ensure that everybody is paid.
Optional donations - and making it clear to people that we're taking optional donations - is the way to go! Ron On 2012-10-16 13:17, Michael Loney wrote: > How about Event fee! > It's not to get in the door but rather to provide the door itself! > > I don't care what its called but we need to look at it as needed to keep > good events happening. > > We have been giving away too much in the form of free events, they need to > cover themselves and not make a profit ( Hence non-profit) > > Even if its small most people will not argue that $5 for pizza and a drink > is a decent price. > > G Mike > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Donations are voluntary, it's an entrance fee. > > > > And small entrance fees are lame - either make it big enough to be > > worth the time/effort/annoyance or don't do it at all. > > > > On 10/15/12, Michael Loney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And that is the exact idea here, we aim to break even after feeding the > > > members that show up to help host / attend. > > > > > > Calling it a minimum donation rather than entrance fee would be better > > too. > > > > > > G Mike > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Mark Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> On 10/15/12 15:54, Lynn Kendrick wrote: > > >> > > >>> Maybe its just me, but I don't understand why all events need food. > > >>> Nowhere else that I go for a game night or talk would provide food. > > >>> > > >> > > >> Back in the day (2005-2006) when Andrew Orr and I organized game nights > > >> as > > >> CS students, the pizza we had for sale at cost and the free drinks > > (thank > > >> you Pepsi) made those occassions extra awesome. > > >> > > >> But we wern't charging for admission either... > > >> ______________________________**_________________ > > >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > >> Help: > > >> http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/**index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss< > > http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss> > > >> Archive: > > >> https://groups.google.com/**group/skullspace-discuss-**archive/< > > https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/> > > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlB9qfEACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/R49gCgvDHPyQ0ApJJRWbF+nN7LIYfo 8wYAn0JgE13vtMMClKsvH30RpV1QStg+ =N38h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
