[Ansteorra] Land - was Question 12/13

[Ciard49 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/19/2005 8:05:33 AM Central Standard Time,  
hejanais at yahoo.com writes:

Ciard,

There have been incidences in which a  group had all of their things stored 
in someone's private shed and then - out  of the blue - the group is told to 
come get the stuff immediately because the  owners want the space for something 
else.  Or...the shed owner gets mad  at the group and says he/she isn't going 
to play anymore and  won't let  the group have their property.  There have 
been shed owners who used - at  random - anything he/she wanted to use out of the 
shed  at any time -  after all it is in his/her shed on his/her private 
property - and then the  items didn't get put back and disappeared.  Sometimes 
people begin to  feel as if they personally own SCA property - especially if they 
were the  person responsible, once upon a time, for purchasing the items with 
SCA funds  for the group and they also have possession of it on their  
property.

We've all had that dream of winning the  lottery and building a castle and 
offering all the amenities to our  friends.  Who knows, it might work unless you 
have to deal with someone  who feels they have the right (which legally they 
do) to be the  'overseer'/boss/in-charge-of-everything that happens on the 
site.  How  about when the owners tell the group who and who can not come on 
their  property?

It all sort of depends on the history of  the honor and attitudes of the 
people involved.  What would you tell  someone who wants the group's things stored 
on their private property when, in  the past, they got mad and quit playing 
with the group - then they came back  and want every one to trust them again?  

I'm  not saying, 'don't trust anyone' - but it is few problems like these 
that have  caused our Game to have to make more and more rules that all of us 
have to  follow.  Just be careful and know who you are dealing with.
Wish I had a simple solution...

Baroness Jan  



Your Excellency, 
 
Thank you for your excellent explanation.  I can see where things  could get 
ugly. 
 
It would seem the best way is for the owner to never agree to store items.  
The group should rent a public storage locker with insurance and have a  
quartermaster to keep inventory.
 
Overbearing site owners, if they plan to frequently rent out the site  to the 
SCA, better act right or they will get no business in their pretty  
playground.
 
Ciard