CHE Officer Guide/Dues

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House Dues

Once you turn dues on, EVERYONE in your House will be unable to access any member-only areas of your House and annexes until they either pay one month's dues, or they pay the lifetime dues amount should you have one set up. Also, there will be absolutely NO GRANDFATHERING of characters in regards to already paid dues. If you wish to provide refunds or reparations to anyone that has already paid dues (either monthly or lifetime amounts) before the implementation of this system, you may do so by giving those players silvers from the House general funds.

Dues can be paid via the DUES command. Dues can be paid to either a House clerk (listed in DUES CLERK) or to an Officer of the House. DUES CHECK gives you information about your dues. Dues can only be paid in either monthly increments or a single lifetime amount. Monthly dues will not apply to lifetime dues. Should you be paying monthly dues, you can at any time pay the lifetime amount and then be set up as a lifetime member.

Officers have the ability, as stated above, to accept dues from members. This is done via the DUES ACCEPT command. The person paying dues must first type DUES PAY [amount] [name]. That person will then type DUES ACCEPT [name] to accept them.

Once players start paying dues, dues will be accepted immediately but will not be applied to your House general fund until the first of each month. Dues can be prepaid up to three months in advance. If you get over three months behind in your dues, you will be locked out from all member-only areas of your House and annexes. Once locked out, your dues will not continue to accrue; thus, you can never be more than three months behind on your dues. In order to clear your locked-out status, all you need to do is pay your dues via one of the normal means, and the lock will be lifted.

Commands

• HOUSE DUES ON - This turns on dues. This is the VERY last thing you should do, after you set up your House dues.
• HOUSE DUES OFF - This turns off dues. If you have dues, this shouldn't happen.
• HOUSE DUES SET MONTHLY [amount] - This sets your monthly dues. Please note that you can only change your dues ONCE PER YEAR. So, please make sure you have entered the correct amount.
• HOUSE DUES SET LIFETIME [amount] - This sets your lifetime dues amount. As above, please note that you can only change this ONCE PER YEAR.
• HOUSE DUES ACCOUNTING [optional name] - This gives either the last 50 dues payments to the House or the last 50 of a specific person.
• HOUSE DUES CHECK - Gives you important information about your dues.
• HOUSE DUES DELINQUENT/LIFETIME - Informational commands.

HOUSE DUES Usage

>house dues

Usage:
    HOUSE DUES ON|OFF                  - Turn the dues system on or off.
    HOUSE DUES SET MONTHLY [amount]    - Set the monthly dues amount.
    HOUSE DUES SET LIFETIME [amount]   - Set the lifetime dues amount.
    HOUSE DUES ACCOUNTING {person}     - List the last 50 transactions with optional person.
    HOUSE DUES CHECK                   - List dues information.
    HOUSE DUES DELINQUENT              - List of all delinquent members.
    HOUSE DUES LIFETIME                - List of all lifetime members.

DUES Usage

>dues

Usage:
    DUES PAY [amount] CLERK|[name]      - Pay dues amount to either a clerk or an officer.
    DUES CHECK                          - Check the status of your dues.
    DUES CLERK                          - Get locations of automated clerks. 

>DUES CLERK
There are many locations where House Clerks reside:
    Wehnimer's Landing   - Moot Hall
    Wehnimer's Landing   - Ebonstone Manor
    Teras Isle           - Company Store
    Solhaven             - Town Hall
    River's Rest         - Purser's Office
    Icemule Trace        - Clerk's Suite
    Zul Logoth           - Munincipal Building
    Ta'Illistim          - Lost Home
    Ta'Vaalor            - Wyvern Keep
    Four Winds Isle      - Atrium