Should the club be open only for people who have paid dues, or should it be open for everyone?

If you're new and haven't paid dues, it's understandable, but if you're not new, and you've been here for a while, should you really be allowed to stay in all the activities that happen if you knew about dues but never pay/don't want to pay them?

Or, should the club be open for anyone, but when we have activities, certain rules dictate whether you're able to come to the party or not? Really, club party activities are for people who have paid. If you haven't paid, and you're enjoying everything that's happening, then why should anyone pay to get a shirt, or help out?

This is a real question, and depending on the responses inside the forum and out, it may change the rules (which need to be updated anyway).

Anime club should be for everyone, whilst certain privileges should go to due-payers.
Doesn't feel right to kick someone out 'cause they haven't payed.

But that's just me.

But then when do we draw the line of what's fair and what's not fair?

Everyone comes to the parties, people who have never been in anime club and don't go to anything but the parties come to these things.

Should you have to have paid to come? Or if you've actually been there for a good amount of time, or have been trying to come but can't always make it (with proof), or something along those lines.

It's not everyone that hasn't paid that takes advantage of getting things, it's only a few.

I don't thin the club parties should be open to everyone. I also don't think people who come in because they have to sit with someone else who will give them a ride, should be allowed to do whatever they want while we have anything club related going on. It's rude.

The main problem is that we have freeloaders who continue to come because they know they can get something free. So, should we only give out party food, gifts, drinks, etc. out to paying members? And when we have fun little parties that the members have contributed to, should they be the only ones really allowed to be involved?

The only people who actually get off with not paying are those people who have never heard of the dues until now, or have just started coming. Most people have heard of the dues, which is the problem.

What would the certain privileages be?
When is it all right to come and not to?
Are members always a step above non-due payers?
To be an officer (because those elections are coming up), should you have paid your dues?
Whose opinion really matters when we're setting up club activities, or are they all considered the same?

Parties, I guess, are one of the privileges to due-payers.
I'd also say watching the anime, too? Maybe that's going a bit far.
Oh right, and T-shirts too. And participating in contests.
Those are from the top of my head. I'm oddly very spaced out right now.

Officers should have had paid dues. That seems like a given.

And imo, opinions that beneficially contribute to the club matter regardless.

Dang, I'm seriously really spaced out right now... ~_~

I'm not sure what's to far, because a lot of clubs that do a lot of more engaging things say you pay, or you don't stay.

Also, when I said opinions, I meant more like "Do you guys want to do this?" and someone who hasn't paid their dues says no.

In the coming month or so, there will be elections, so, only those who have paid dues will be qualified.

Watching anime in the club be considered due-worthy.

So I guess membership wise, you must have paid your dues is a qualification, and being an officer, you must be a member.

Hmm. So, these can be considered amendments when we bring them up later.

I think the contests thing is ok, and the T-Shirts thing is a given that it'll only be for those who pay dues.

Oh, you mean like voting? Then yeah, that should be a privilege too. Makes sense.

I'm thnking of changing this to amendments, because a lot of things could be changed and revamped to better how we do things.


http://clearly-anime.omgforum.net/rules-f2/club-constitution-t74.htm


Right now we have the Members, Officers, and Votting Portion that will probably be changed. All of them have something to do with dues in how we're thinking of having it changed.

Should there be something about parties brought into it, too? Or should dues and parties be written elsewhere?

Shouldn't parties just be for special occasions and not regularly part of the club standard?

I guess it should be a separate matter.

I don't understand what you mean by that. Parties are done on special occasions.

If you mean should it be put in as an Amendment in its own part? That's what I asked, unless you agreed to that.. with what you said last.

And I also changed the title of this agenda talk to Amendments in general.

Actually, I have no idea what I typed. It seems every time I go on this forum, I feel light headed for some reason... >.>

Poor little guy.

I'm wondering if we should set up m ini milestones to achieve in the amendments thing, too. Like things we have to at least try to do to keep the club alive, or something.