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If a member can’t afford the suggested prices, they can always choose to pay $0.
Our sliding scale is in effect 100% of the time for everything that has a price; that is, membership dues, ticket prices, event fees, vendor fees, etc. We use a list of social privileges, class privileges, and financial privileges as a tool to help us determine what pricing tier to choose within the Sliding Scale. This is just a tool for identifying what payment tier makes sense for each of us and it’s not here to judge us for how many boxes we do or don’t check off. Our scores aren't good or bad, they just are.
Tier 1: 0-12 points
Tier 2: 13-25 points
Tier 3: 26-37 points
Tier 4: 38-50 points
If the cost per person for an Event or Gathering is $X, our sliding scale tiers will be:
Tier 1: 25% of X
Tier 2: 75% of X
Tier 3: 125% of X
Tier 4: 175% of X
So, if we're hosting an Event that costs $10 per person to run:
Tier 1: $2.50
Tier 2: $7.50
Tier 3: $12.50
Tier 4: $17.50
Again, these are only suggested prices; everyone pays exactly how much they want to, every time, even if it’s $0.
Charging money for Events, Groups, & Gatherings is optional. We do not try to profit off of other members, but we do believe Hosts can and should be compensated for their labor and ideas. Pricing should reflect the average cost per person of running the event.
Here's what that means in practice:
Let’s say a Host spends $50 on N95 masks to hand out at their event. They are expecting about 25 people to show up. That puts the cost of masks at $2 per person. This will be a big focus of their energy for about 3 weeks, so we estimate the cost of the Host’s labor at $3 per attendee; one dollar per week. (There’s no perfect calculation for this, so we just trust our guts to assign a dollar amount to our labor.)
Therefore, they should set the average cost per person around $5. That’s $2 per person for the masks and $3 per person for the Host’s labor.
The Sliding Scale tiers for that event would look like this, reflecting the $5 cost per person:
Tier 1: $1.25 (25% of $5)
Tier 2: $3.75 (75% of $5)
Tier 3: $6.25 (125% of $5)
Tier 4: $8.75 (175% of $5)
If everything goes as planned and 25 attendees purchase tickets at an average price of $5, the sales will be $125. That’s $75 in profits once we subtract the cost of the masks. (25 attendees x $5 per person average - $50 for masks = $75).
If there’s a profit, as there is in this example, the Host then pays out 15% to DT4T and keeps the rest. In this case, the Host would earn $63.75 and DT4T would earn $11.25. The reason part of the profits go to DT4T is to cover the infrastructure and Stewardship costs associated with running the event. If there is no profit, the Host keeps all the money earned.
If there are multiple Hosts running a given Event or Gathering, they must decide in advance how they will split the Hosts’ share of the profits.
All of these figures will be submitted in advance of the Quarterly Forum for review, comment, and approval by the community at large, in the form of a Proposal.
Typically, this privilege is reserved for events that:
are organized in collaboration with another community or group;
As a rule of thumb, the cost per person for Non-Members should be twice as much as the cost per person for Members. Non-Members do not have the option of paying $0, but the Sliding Scale is still in effect.
Our monthly cost per person is $8, which puts our sliding scale tiers at:
Tier 1: $2
Tier 2: $6
Tier 3: $10
Tier 4: $14
As always, Members also have the option to pay $0, but we encourage everyone to pay at least $1 if we can to help keep our administrative processes running.
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