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$20: Good until you die!
Believe it or not, the Meadow of Shame is a legal entity -- we file taxes on our many games. Establishing the Meadow as an IRS-defined social club is a sea change prompted by California voters rejecting sports gambling at the polls in November.
Bottom line: We aim to keep club activities private and dissuade PayPal and Venmo from reporting the re-distribution of four-figure winnings (most of the Top 10 finishers in the Bread Pool, for example) as income -- something both payment platforms have been threatening to do for years (to all their clients). While that does not appear to be an existential threat to the Bread Pool in 2023, we're determined to get ahead of the shifting tides.
Finally, from an administrative standpoint, this move solves a metric shitload of issues in vetting newbies (rookies). No need to fill your hippocampus with horror stories of bad actors infiltrating our fences over the years. Suffice to say that I expend far more energy annually warding off a handful of assholes than I do servicing the honorable 99% of BreadHeads like you. By eliciting a membership fee, we effectively neuter those pricks.
Good news: Although collecting a "reasonable membership fee " is a mandate of claiming social club status, there's nothing to define "reasonable" -- so we're charging a mere $20 . . . once. Good until you die!
DO BUSINESS WITH OTHER LIFETIME MEMBERS!
FREE BENEFIT!
BreadHeads have been connecting with and doing business with other BreadHeads for decades. There's an inherent trust from our shared experience. Your Lifetime Membership gives you the option to advertise your business to the rest of the Meadow -- for free, for life!
BY PURCHASING A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP:
I agree to voluntarily join the Meadow of Shame Club, a social "organized for pleasure, recreation and other nonprofitable purposes."
I agree that any remuneration I may receive from the Meadow of Shame Club is in the form of re-circulated members fees intended to promote group activity within the constructs of a non-profitable venture.
I agree to voluntarily join the Meadow of Shame Club, a social "organized for pleasure, recreation and other nonprofitable purposes."
In other words, none of your family members -- or pets -- are being held hostage until you join.
I acknowledge that participating in games of chance with other members is voluntary and for entertainment purposes.
I agree that any remuneration I may receive from the Meadow of Shame Club is in the form of re-circulated members fees intended to promote group activity within the constructs of a non-profitable venture.
I agree to voluntarily join the Meadow of Shame Club, a social "organized for pleasure, recreation and other nonprofitable purposes."
It's all fun and games!
I agree that any remuneration I may receive from the Meadow of Shame Club is in the form of re-circulated members fees intended to promote group activity within the constructs of a non-profitable venture.
I agree that any remuneration I may receive from the Meadow of Shame Club is in the form of re-circulated members fees intended to promote group activity within the constructs of a non-profitable venture.
I agree that any remuneration I may receive from the Meadow of Shame Club is in the form of re-circulated members fees intended to promote group activity within the constructs of a non-profitable venture.
Shhh! It all spends the same!