[Cynnabar] BoC - Settlement funding discussion

[Aaron Elkiss]

If additional money right now helps something dire from happening then
by all means, let's give as much as we can, but so far nobody has made
it clear what that might be. My fear is that we give a great deal now
only to find that in a month's time that with all the facts we could
have made a better decision about how to distribute it. If everybody
pays their 18% share right now, that covers it, right? What I'm trying
to get at is: assuming all local groups pay their 18% of their
year-end 2010 assets, why is additional money needed immediately? If
not all groups pay their 18%, what will happen if the Kingdom or
Corporate is unable to come up with the full settlement in 10 days?
Does Kingdom or Corporate find it likely that not all groups will be
able to give the 18%?

-a

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Charles J. Cohen <charles at eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Aaron Elkiss <aelkiss at umich.edu> writes:
>
>>fund the settlement. I'm not at all against contributing extra because
>>we can, either to other local groups whose situation will be made
>>precarious by this, the Kingdom, or the Society, but anything extra
>>should go through the normal discussion period.
>
> The reason for forgoing the discussion period is because the SCA has to
> acquire the funds in 10 days (not sure if that is calendar or work days
> ... sorry). So more money helps ease the strain on Kingdom when they
> have to pay their invoice from Corporate.
>
> Please note that I'm not saying your point isn't valid, because it
> is. I'm giving you a reason why this is a legitimate time for the
> Seneschal to say, "We need to have an emergency decision."
>
> - Midair
>
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