ANST - Re: Gulf Wars update

[Connie Carroll]

> Since my family (and I'm sure many others) just learned yesterday of
> the lack of cabin space (although we are sure that our reservations
> should have made it to the steward with time to spare concerning
> cabin space), we haven't made any attempt at putting our names in
> the hat concerning camping space.  I had assumed, when they cashed
> our check, that we had made the cabin-space race.  
> 
> Now we're having to scrap major plans concerning packing, and we
> don't have a reservation on the tent space in Ansteorra.  

> jerryn at sprintmail.com -  Jerry Norris - Houston, Texas USA

I spoke with the head autocrat this evening and I'm still frustrated. 
He told me this decision for giving first choice to the Royals has 
been for the past several years. He said this year was the first time 
the Royals from many Kingdoms requested cabin space. I pointed out to 
him that this was not written anywhere on the flyer and it should 
have. He agreed it wasn't in the flyer and made it plain they had no 
intention of doing so now or in the future.

When I spoke of my check being cashed and I have not received the 
Gulf Wars packet he seemed surprised. I know about the cabin spaces 
from on the people in my party who got her packet. We all sent in our 
reservations together as have done for the past 7 Gulf Wars and they 
arrived on Dec 1. I didn't make threats but I had talked to the Post 
office and was told that this does qualify as mail fraud since the 
checks were cashed especially since they wanted us to come there to 
get our refunds. Lord John says that if you want your refunds earlier 
you can request them, they were keeping them so everyone would be 
pre-registered for Gulf Wars. not much comfort to me.

On a funny(?) note, He said he knew one of our party was "some 
Countess Kassandra person" Nice to know my former Kingdom doesn't 
know who their first Queen was.

Countess Kassandra NickKraken
JUST CALL ME MISTRESS BUNNY
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