Proposal: Memberships instead of tickets
There's been some discussion about switching from the "we sell tickets" model, to use the "people buy memberships" model. This is how borderland is organised.
I'm not certain of the legalities and the tax details, I think @Alexxx is potentially our expert here. Maybe also @Franzi has some wisdom to offer, and @waldo may also have insights to share.
My intention is to start this discussion now, as it supports what I'm about to propose! Please feel free to edit this post to describe how this could work...
Callum Macdonald Mon 20 Jan 2020 7:37PM
Fair questions. It seemed like there was a bit of chat about “we can’t plan until we have a budget” at Sunday’s session, but maybe it’s less of an issue than it appeared to me. We could start a poll here to collect opinions. Personally I imagine that it’s easier to agree on a venue and lock down toilets, professional first aid, and so on the sooner we have a budget. I’m mostly motivated by the idea of it enabling a “radical membership” sale. I also don’t personally know so much about this idea, it’s something that I was told other folks were considering which is why I opened this thread. Maybe somebody else has better answers than me.
CJ Yetman Mon 20 Jan 2020 7:33PM
Ah, ok. So people could buy a membership which may or may not include entry to an event that may or may not happen? Do we really need income so far in advance that we have to do that? Has the lack of early income been a problem in the past? Do we really need any income/cash before we have a mostly certain venue for the event? For what? We normally start selling tickets in early March... is that really too late to start getting income? Why?
Genuine questions
walto Tue 21 Jan 2020 9:22PM
We used to work with tiered sales so to motivate people to buy a ticket early.
And then it changed, Otto & Jan Thomas decided that, I believe because:
* for accounting reasons it is harder
* makes ticket transfers more complicated
* In general it just makes things more complicated
Franzi · Tue 21 Jan 2020 6:36AM
Yeah I think the point he is making is more about actually paying people and therefore have to deal with all the scoial insurance stuff...which doesnt apply for us