[Ansteorra] Land - was Question 12/13

[Gilli]

Well that's an amazing thing to.  The story of the shire stuff continues. 
About 5 - 6 later, the folks that took the stuff for storeage said they were 
getting ready to move.  So the shire needed a new place for the quipment. 
Well, we didn't want it back.  There was no one to take it.  We looked into 
a storage unit.  Do the math.  Those things aren't cheap.  In a few years 
we'd be out of money.  But then some old members returned and said the 
equipment could be stored at their place.  Only problem was, while still in 
our zip list, it was 40 miles away from the bulk of the members.  But the 
price was right, FREE.

Gilli
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Ciard49 at aol.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Land - was Question 12/13


>
> 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
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