[AVPPride] FW: Dues Based Groups

Wed Sep 27 19:39:49 CDT 2006

 I was wondering the details of Pagan Pride Day. I have to make sure I have it off and am confused about when where and what time. There is a group of us who would love to attend.
Kim

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From: bepeaceful at yahoo.com
To: avppride at avpagans.org
Sent: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [AVPPride] FW: Dues Based Groups

That sounds like a good game plan. I'm hoping something like that would work in our community.
If we are going to implement a plan like this we need to come up with a game plan and schedule before introducing it. 
When would be a good time for the First Pantheistic Center and all interested to meet? I know I am available Monday October 9th and Monday October 30th.

Also,
I have a fundraiser dinner scheduled for FPCAV at Johnny Carino's on Monday, October 16th. This will be a ticketed dinner, people can purchase a ticket for $15, this will get them into the dinner that includes a spaghetti plate and all you can eat soup and salad. The dinner is definately enough to fill you up.
The fundraiser will have a Silent Auction and PartyLite for sale. FPCAV will make 20% of the sales, $5 per ticket, and money off of the silent auction. Hopefully this would be enough to help with paying for events in the AV until dues can be implemeted.

Susan
Treasurer
First Pantheistic Center of the Antelope Valley

Ariadne/PP <paganpride at avpagans.org> wrote:
I thought this was interesting, with regards to the Community center,
member-based, group we are trying to create... First Pantheistic Center..
-- 
Lisa Morgenstern, AKA Ariadne Morningstar
President, First Pantheistic Center of the Antelope Valley
http://fpcav.org
Antelope Valley Pagan Pride Day Coordinator
paganpride at avpagans.org
http://paganpride.avpagans.org

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From: K-W Pagan Pride Day 

Subject: Re: [paganpride-coords] Dues Based Groups

We have!! Not with PPD but with a local group that I founded about
three years ago - the KW Pagan Temple. For more info you can see our
website - http://www.kwpagantemple.com

Basic idea... the first year we did not charge dues, but had a flat
amount to pay at events (I think it was $3) to help pay for rental costs
and supplies (we mostly rent space out from unitarians). We wanted to
prove what we wanted to do before asking for dues. The next year we
implemented dues (started as $35 per person, but we actually reduced it
this year because we are making more than enough to sustain ourselves,
now it is $30 per member). We also have a "half year" rate of $20. Our
membership year goes from ostara to ostara, and the half year rate
starts at Mabon. It was better than having someone track down who paid
when and when their dues are up again.

We also added a childrens rate for 10 - 15 year olds (under 10 is free
to attend events but aren't added as members, this age was chosen by
demand for membership at age 10 by two members). 10 - 15 is half priced
for the full year rate (so $15). This was to avoid having to define
Family to have a family rate (we had some who wanted four adults and two
kids to count as a family.... it got into murky waters).

Non Members can attend our events as well. It was $3 per person, but no
one EVER brought change, so we had to up it to $5 to make it easier on us.

We host circles for every sabbat as well as workshops once a month - all
of which are open to the public. Members have access to an egroup and
treasurers reports, and members meetings which drive what we are doing.
Members also have some members only events (ie a mabon feast we are
having this evening). Members are also the ones who are able to plan and
implement circles etc.

I hope this helps. Feel free to email me off list if you have any
questions ;)
Amhranai

Kristi Waterworth wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> We are looking at implementing a dues system ($3/month) for our
> volunteer base (Ozarks Pagan League) that put on PPD this year. The
> group as a whole is wanting to do more community-centered work, but I
> cannot afford to pay for everything... so I thought this would be a
> good way to help with the funding.
>
> Has anyone had experiences with dues-based groups? Good, bad, ugly?
>

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