I totally agree with you on raising awareness about how to treat them, because I also think they would much rather prefer to be........for lack of better word, enslaved. But, for the odd-balls out there, if they want paid, I think it would be nice to give them something. But, this club actually has very little to do with House Elves. It is mostly a debate/discussion/graphics club that focuses on the important issues, such as War, World Hunger, AIDS, etc. Maybe once every 3 or 4 months we will discuss something in the Harry Potter universe. I dunno yet.