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IMPORTANT NOTICE May 2009 marks the 3rd anniversary of the Edmonton Blues Society. During the past 3 years membership fees, guests’ admission fees and bar prices have remained the same while our costs have been steadily increasing. Recent liquor price increases due to the Government of Alberta’s revenue generation initiative announced in the 2009 Budget to increase the mark-up applied to all types of liquor products has resulted in a major increase in the EBS bar expenses. Therefore, effective Saturday, May 23rd, the prices at the EBS bar will increase as follows:
The hall rental, insurance, sound production and band payments have also risen substantially. When EBS was formed in 2006, our policy was to ask bands to play without monetary compensation and to rely on volunteers to act as sound technicians. We have since revised our policy to provide compensation to bands and the sound technician. All of this has resulted in our fixed costs per event increasing steadily from $350 in 2006 to $1100 in 2009.
We have created a new forum topic at this link to gather input from our members on this proposal. We welcome your comments and suggestions at this forum topic until July 15th. Our bylaws also provide that any change in membership fees must be approved at a general meeting. Discussion and voting on membership and admission fee increases will take place at the Edmonton Blues Society General Meeting to be held on September 12th, 2009. All members in good standing are encouraged to attend this important General Meeting.
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Welcome to the Edmonton Blues Society web site. We are here to promote and facilitate blues fans and musicians getting together to enjoy the music they love in a family friendly atmosphere. Look around and see how we can help you get the blues! If you would like to be on our EBS web site mailing list, please register to become an EBS web site member! (NOTE: this is a mailing-list & forum membership, NOT a membership in the Society. See About EBS for details.) If you have a membership in the Edmonton Blues Society and have NOT been receiving email notifications for upcoming EBS events, please send an email to Bernie at ufiptech@telus.net to get your name added to the EBS email distribution list. |
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