<html><head><style type="text/css">body {word-wrap: break-word; background-color:#ffffff;}</style></head><body><div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px">As another suggestion, rather than comping from the group, what about having "patrons of the arts" who are individuals that offer to cover the site fee for one or more people? I would certainly not mind paying for one or two extra site fees for, say, a couple of musicians out of my own pocket. That way the group would get the site fee and would not have to make a group decision on who is meritorious/ talented enough to warrant getting their site fee comped. That would be determined by whether an individual patron was willing to contribute the funds themselves.<br>-Arielle<br><br><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px"><i><font color="#333333">Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless</font></i></span></font></div><br><br>-----Original message-----<br><blockquote style="; border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><b>From: </b>Aaron Elkiss <aelkiss@umich.edu><b><br>To: </b>Cynnabar elist <barony@cynnabar.org><b><br>Sent: </b>Wed, Sep 14, 2011 20:58:41 GMT+00:00<b><br>Subject: </b>Re: [Cynnabar] comping for events<br><br></div>Because I can't leave well enough alone....:<br><br>As a wild suggestion, what would happen if Cynnabar ran our events<br>with a "suggested donation" rather than a required site fee? Some<br>people will give less than the suggestion, some more, so it would make<br>it harder to plan financially for events. You'd still want someone<br>watching the gate who could make change and make sure the donations<br>don't wander off. But it might be better aligned with the idea that<br>everyone is pitching in to cover the cost of the site, and wouldn't<br>give the impression that we are asking people to pay so that they can<br>volunteer their time.<br><br>-a<br>_______________________________________________<br>Barony mailing list<br>Barony@cynnabar.org<br><a href="http://lists.cynnabar.org/listinfo/barony">http://lists.cynnabar.org/listinfo/barony</a><br></blockquote></body></html>