[Cynnabar] BoC - Settlement funding discussion

[John Wilkerson]

Given all of the facts and the deadline, I support donating $1,200 to 
kingdom. I have always supported in my short time with the SCA and 
Cynnabar having funds for emergencies, this situation qualifies as an 
emergency. This is also an opportunity for Cynnabar to shine as the 
great barony we are.

Johannes
On 2/7/2012 3:13 PM, rufquad at comcast.net wrote:
> I'm good with keeping it simple as well.  I just want to make certain 
> that if we give over the amount required that we are doing so out of 
> generosity of spirit rather than to address a problem that may not 
> even exist.
>
> Maragarete
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Dennis Higgins" <mortisfan at comcast.net>
> *To: *barony at cynnabar.org
> *Sent: *Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:39:14 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Cynnabar] BoC - Settlement funding discussion
>
> Personally, I feel that while it would be great to try to figure out
> where/how our generosity could go directly to other groups that may 
> need the
> help and/or not be able to support the 18%, the logistics of trying to do
> that considering the timeframe is untenable.
>
> I prefer to keep this simple. Let's determine if Cynnabar is willing to
> support the settlement debt of the SCA. Period. Anything else, helping 
> other
> groups, fundraising to replenish Cynnabar coffers and/or Kingdom coffers,
> helping other groups, should be done as a separate initiative and NOT
> (directly) tied into the funds we need to hand over on Saturday.
>
> -Finn
> (not as seneschal but as populace member)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: barony-bounces at cynnabar.org [mailto:barony-bounces at cynnabar.org] On
> Behalf Of Malachy von Ulm
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:28 PM
> To: rufquad at comcast.net
> Cc: barony at cynnabar.org
> Subject: Re: [Cynnabar] BoC - Settlement funding discussion
>
> A somewhat orthogonal question/observation, since I know we have Kingdom
> level people on list.
>
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 05:54:31PM +0000, rufquad at comcast.net wrote:
> > The suggestion for giving more than our required amount appears to be
> based on other local groups potentially being in a financial bind. 
> Before we
> give additional money on this premise, I would like to see that need
> confirmed. Perhaps we could do some quick checking with some of the other
> groups. If we find that our neighbors are going to come up short, then 
> would
> it be possible to make a contribution directly to them or pay what 
> they can
> not?
>
> If the real problem people are concerned about is whether or not some
> groups would be driven into a tight financial situation, perhaps a 
> solution
> is a regional or kingdom level pool for bootstrapping events.  While I 
> only
> had the finances of Hawkland Moor to use as a point of comparison, the 
> group
> for the most part needed relatively small amounts of cash for non-events.
> Most of the cash was dedicated toward boostrapping costs for an event and
> needed to cover cases where turnout was much lower than expected.
>
> Has any such thing been considered?
>
> -- 
> Malachy
>
> "Ancient nightmares. Archaic legends.  Enigmatic dreams. All of it is 
> true."
> Abney Park - All the Myths are True.
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