Proposal #43: The one-hundred pound participant.

I propose to simplify the international fee structure to a single fee of 100 pounds per participant per programme.

This fee will replace "international membership fee", "particpation fee" and "host fee" or any other fees paid to IO by the NAs - except the insurance fee.

Rationale

CISVs current fee system may exist for a reason. It may be the result of a a historic development. It may take the individual nature of different porgrammes into account. It may favour some programmes over others (deliberately or not). But one thing is sure: It is terribly complicated: What is the difference between a membership fee an a host fee? Why do Seminar camps have an extra staff travel fee?

Therefore I suggest to radically simplify the fee system to one single fee that an NA pays per participant per programme. At that shall be 100 GBP. With 5700 participants anticipated for 2008 it will easily cover the anticipated costs for all committees, AIM and IO excluding insurance, roughly 500.000 GBP.

I would like to leave it to the NAs to adapt this fee to their needs: You want to raise funds for hosting camps? Charge 200 GBP instead! You think 100 GBP is to expensive for YM compared to village? Charge villagers 150 GBP and YM 50, as long as IO gets the 100 on average.

Respectfully submitted, Nick (GER)