The library system is Maricopa County, not city-based, so the Scottsdale
location has no bearing on this and your comment is absurd. Again, they don't
charge the kids or families for the programs, so our charging them feels a bit
greedy if more than a simple registration fee.
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Look, I understand that times are tight for many of us, but using the club as a
source of income is simply wrong. As most of you know, I don't take money from
events that I'm part of with the club because I feel that way about it. In all
the non-profit organizations that I've ever been involved with, PAS is the
first of such which charges for outreach events. To say the least, I feel very
uncomfortable with a practice under which club members are paid to the point of
requiring W9's on file with the club. Additionally, since the club now requires
W9's for payout, that makes members who receive payment contractors and the
club has now become a business entity rather than a club or organization.
On the other hand, if there was a club-level "booking fee" of around $25, that
would be different. That could be explained as an administrative fee. I don't have an
issue with the club making up for the effort of its members (versus private people) to
arrange and manage such an event.
If there really needs to be a "business unit" from within the club to run paid star parties, it
should be a private venture of like-minded members and it should be treated as a separate entity, and not
part of the PAS structure. Also, events hosted and managed by these people should not be considered as
"PAS Events". Otherwise, it's not outreach, it's "Tony Laconti using the club's status in the
community for drumming up business."
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Tim
On Jan 10, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Don Boyd <azphotog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I say we consider it like a school, most libraries have some kind of group that
helps support them; If they don't then maybe wave the fee. After all we are
talking about Scottsdale...not south Phoenix.
Don
On 1/10/2013 5:00 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
I'd love to do outreach here as it's almost walking distance from my office :-).
Ugh - and you think PVCC Union Hills has lighting problems… The Mustang is
right across 90th street from a major shopping area and just south of
Scottsdale hospital.
However, they do have a nice parking lot.
Since the library is a non-profit and offers their programs to kids and
families for free, I vote that we do it gratis.
