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  <description><![CDATA[Thanks Kate - Yes it is all a big experiment!  I have no idea if it will work or whether people will feel put off, or indeed that it is unfair.  
All I know if that if I am truly committed to having as many people connect back into seasonal living and into being part of the natural world, as a source of individual strength to move out from - well then I have to make that as accessible as possible (there are other levels of accessibility besides cash as well which I am also trying to address)]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:50:01 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[There is so much to say about this. Pay what you feel has been used by the restaurant industry to encourage trade on quiet weekday nights. By being in the venue it’s much more difficult to pay too little - you feel more of an obligation. 
I know you’ve written before of having Instagram followers who have your values and you would hope that this would sustain a more inclusive business model. 
A fourth sector model of social enterprise wouldn’t necessarily work for what you plan. 
I am really interested in what you’ve written and your concern for change. Fully inclusive does have risks of you being exploited - does your business model allow you to thrive? Does a pay it forward model work outside the arts ( or food for homeless - SocialBite) where there is a strong sense of engagement ...... so back to the value of engagement online. 
I’d be very interested to read your continued thoughts through your website - please keep writing.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 08:57:23 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Most organisations I know that use  PAYF/PWYC are co-ops, the risk is taken collectively.  I can understand that the need to pay wages can make risk taking more frightening as it is not just your livelihood at stake.  I suspect that Danielle LaPorte and other larger organisations that go down that route do so on limited income streams to ensure  overall revenue is not drastically affected.  Not so easy if you are a small organisation with only a handful of income streams and staff salaries to consider.  I wonder if purchasers of DLP's planner, for example, thought that as she was a high profile individual with a large and (presumably) profitable business, she didn't need the money, but would have thought differently if it was a small start up?  Even as purchasers we have bias!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:59:43 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Thanks Gillian - I believe that you are right, though it was rather horrifying researching this as to how many people are not of the same view as us!  
(Danielle LaPorte's comments in particular are full of people choosing to pay as little as possible for her planners - paying a price that she says in the product listing doesn't cover any staff costs - 'because the postage to the UK is so high').
I am very aware that this is something I would not have considered doing while I was paying people's wages - it would have felt too risky I think, I would have worried that I was in fact as naive as people say.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:35:18 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[I think you are being very brave but you are not alone in your decision to reconsider the future and how that future is created.  The quote from Audre Lorde sums up the approach of disrupters across the social and political spectrum.  Yes, I am sure there will be people who take advantage, those who can well afford a full price  but chose not to.  But there has been a paradigm shift over the past few years, and the pay what you can (and similarly pay what you feel - used particularly in arts venues and based on perceived value rather than ability to pay) is no longer seen by everyone as a cheap option, but a means to share one's own resources whilst one has them, we are all acutely aware today how rapidly the financial rug can be pulled away under one's feet .  I know several organisations (from food to art) who have used PWYC and have not lost revenue but instead seen  overpayment subsidise the underpayment by those who would otherwise be excluded.  

Exclusion is something that we don't tend to realise until it applies to us.  We may know that various minority and socio-economic groups are excluded from an activity but it is easy to think of it in theory,  rather than the reality that affects the excluded.  Exclusion is intersectional and is often self-perpetuating, every step that removes one barrier makes it easier to dismantle another.

I also smiled when I read your earlier post about monetising a hobby.  Whilst juggling various plant dye pots on the stove and in the garden and patiently hand sewing and rebel stitching projects, my husband asked why I didn't set up as a business.  I said I love what I do, if I monetise it I may no longer be able to love it so much.  I have fallen down that rabbit hole before and don't wish to do so again.  Perhaps I should consider PWYC or PWYF and be as brave as you are.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:13:17 +0100</pubDate>
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