It sometimes strikes me that if you didn't have the society, someone would rapidly invent it. They would then be the perceived voice of folk music as far as the 'establishment' was concerned. Actually, EFDSS doesn't need your money. They have managed to become a funded organisation via the Arts Council. This means that when the great and the good want to know about folk music and dance they aren't going to come to 'Folknacious', or me, or any other person who has expressed an interest. They don't actually know that we exist, so, when they are really desperate they go to good old EFDSS. And guess what Folknacious? Despite them taking your money each year, they do't express your viewpoint either. You haven't got a voice. Why? Because you don't exercise your basic right to have a voice!