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Re: activitiy fees
Jim Peterson (kupete@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:41:07 +0100
John Teske wrote:
>Our Council has a 17.5% activity fee that is tacked on to all activities for
>our scouts. The 17.5% is for intangibles and is added on after all the
>materials are paid for which is everything!
>
>I have a problem with this as we provide the trained leaders to run the
>activities. Then they turn around and charge our scouts to attend. This is
>added on to everything. the 17.5% is a bit steep when applied to our ski
>outing lift ticket which runs $20, at group rate, bringing the total to $23.50
>without adding the tangible charges. Adding a patch added $2 more to the
>cost. They made money there too.
>Last year with 250 skiers they had to profit $1,000 after expenses.
>
>I can see adding a $1 or $2 for insurance but 17.5% seems a bit steep. This
>is apparently added to the Jamboree trip fee also.
>
>How does this work elsewhere?
John, et al,
OOOOOOOOOH John, methinks you're going to touch a lot of nerves here with
this topic. This fee has been a thorn in the side of many an event
organizer here in Pelathe District. Our council also imposes a fee
(although I think it's only 12%) and told us that it was for "extra
insurance" etc. But when we've asked to see a copy of the rider that
provided for that "extra insurance" we were given the song and dance
routine. Then they said, "well, it's really just in case you go over
budget". So we started spending 12% over our allowable spending limit to
make up the difference. That really ticked them off when they finally
realized what was happening! The result of all of this pain is that we now
run all of our district events ourselves....we ask for no help from
council. Now that we've been doing events like this we have no problem and
can't figure out what the benefit was of running it through the council
office. The only thing we've noticed is that you have to collect the fee
for the event up front...pretty normal procedure. We of course still file
all the proper tour permits, etc.
BLUE SKIES!, Any day above ground is a good day!
Jim Peterson
BS RT Comm, Pelathe Dist
Heart of America Council Eagle Class of 1963
ASM, T-55, Lawrence, Kansas Brotherhood, Tamegonit Lodge
email: kupete@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Mic-O-Say: HW "Shieldmaker"
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