On 8/22/2017 12:07 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:03:12 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 8/21/2017 6:53 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:39:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> They could have charged upwards of $60 per person and I guarantee some
>>>> people would have bought it. Oh well.
>>>
>>> The workers didn't want to have to come in on their only day off.
>>>
>> Most of them don't work on Tuesday, either. The Club is only open for a
>> couple of hours for lunch.
>
> The Club gets pretty much the same amount of money whether they hold a
> special event or not. How many residents to you think spend more than
> 20% of their 'dues'? What's the population of Dataw and how much do
> they have to spend at the Club?
>
I have no idea about the static population of Dataw. There are a lot of
"seasonal" residents here. They show up in the winter when it starts to
get cold. These people have winter homes and summer homes, so I'm
pretty sure they can afford to dine at the Club. How much do they HAVE
to spend? The dining assessment is $838 per year. I believe that
figure is slightly higher if there's more than one person living in the
house.

Over the years I've gotten to know some of the people who work at the
Club. Some of them work two jobs. I'll have to ask whether an added
shift on Monday for an eclipse party would be been objectionable or
simply seen as a way to pick up some extra money. Then again, they
might have been scheduled to work at their *other* jobs on Monday.

Jill