[Ansteorra] 2 Cents ....

[L T]

So wolf, since you are being vocal agian...are you planning on coming out anytime soon?

Many of us would like to meet you...


Lorraine DeerSlayer

--- Jay Yeates <jyeates at realtime.net> wrote:

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> * ... The accesibility issue is not a courtesty issue it is a planning
> issue. 
> ...
> actually it's both ... courtesy is helping those less able than you are deal
> with less than ideal situations (like bad sites).  no different than holding
> a door open for someone ...
> 
> 
> * ... We've already got so many things that HAVE to be covered....it's a
> herculean task to steward an event and keep your sanity...
> ...
> so, because the stewards are so overworked, the reasonable needs of some of
> the members become a non issue?  as the game gets more complex and the
> demographics shift to a older population, those tasks are only going to get
> more complex.  the solution is not to dig in heels and say "we're doing
> enough already" .. it's opening the process to "how can we do better" -
> especially for those that need it the most.  
> 
> most of those HAVE's mentioned cater to the able. if there are no more
> resources, then scale back some of those amenities and redirect them to
> those that truly need them.
> 
> 
> * ... Sure you want special ammenities...but Ansteorra as a whole has
> gripped everytime the general site fees raise...if you want more you have to
> pay more...
> ...
> the operant ADA term is REASONABLE accommodation .. and most of the requests
> so far have sounded pretty reasonable - for example better siteing of
> toilets with consideration for those who are mobility impaired, adding more
> wheelchair accessible portable toilets in place of standard, more
> consideration for hall layouts, consideration for close in parking and
> camping spaces for those who need them, maybe having some volunteers on-call
> will to lend a hand to mobility impaired folk ... most of which won't raise
> prices, just requires shuffling of existing resources.   
> 
> 
> * ... And BTW we do not fall under ADA or EEO or alot of other governmental
> regulation...because we are a private organization that does not take money
> from the Government...
> ...
> just because you are not required by law to do a thing, does not mean you
> should not do it .. sometimes you do because it's the right thing to do, not
> what's mandated.  isn't that the core of the ideal of "nobility" as the game
> uses it?  isn't it about time to better put it into practice?  especially as
> it is increasingly required .....  
> 
> 'wolf
> .. abled, but may not be some day
> 
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