Sydney Megagamers is a not-for profit association. Everything we do, and all money we raise, is focussed on delivering great megagame events for our community.
Ticketing to events is the primary source of our income. Most of the time, a lot of expenses (like venue hire, insurance, game materials) need to paid up front, well before an event and the ticketing process.
This means SM committee members usually need to take on the financial risk of investing in these things and are then eventually reimbursed for these costs.
Membership provides a passive source of income, unrelated to specific megagame events, which means there is more money available pre-events to manage those costs while keeping the risk (say, of cancellation of an event due to unforeseen circumstances) with the association and not the individual committee members.
Passive income that's not related to a specific event also helps us give stability to our game tickets (offsetting a game that has particularly pricey components, for example) so we can keep our ticketing prices as reasonable and consistent as possible. It also equips us to handle ongoing, non-event related admin costs which come with being an association, like website hosting.
Finally, membership brings supportive and loyal members of our community into the spotlight and helps shine a light on how SM is machine run for and by you, the members, and the people who get to benefit from what we create.
