Re: [Callers] Admission?

Martha Edwards wrote: snip We do. It might be called self identifying if one needs a name for it. In Victoria many Folk (of the people) related activities that aren't dirt cheap (1) are priced with just that approach, a tiered entry rate that participants select themselves (2). Signs, e-mails or announcements are often constructed as Admission: $8 Waged/$5 Unwaged; $8 or $5 un(der)employed or sometimes simply as $8/$5. This choice of categories speaks to what folks believe they can afford for that activity with no apparent embarrassment associated with it. It avoids surmising that only students and/or seniors have limited or no income and offering discounts where they do no or little actual good. Speaking to community building and accessibility of social and cultural activities, one may see how such an approach might be partly responsible for assisting these goals. Travelling regionally I've been quite surprised at the absence of similar policies. Maybe it's something we can offer having learnt from our dance and music friends of the need for Fragrance Free events which, generally, we've locally adopted as policy. Cheers, John J.D. Erskine Victoria, BC (1)(Folk club - Victoria Folk Music Soc. $5 http://victoriafolkmusic.ca/ & Victoria English Country Dance Soc. $3 http://www.vecds.bc.ca/ both weekly, 50/yr and about 38/yr.) (2)(Victoria Contra Dance series $8 waged/$5 unwaged http://victoriacontradance.com/ Many house concerts are $12/$8, $12/$10 or so e.g. http://www.pondsidemusic.com/).