[Ansteorra] Dissolution of the Western Region

[Bob Dewart]

I must congratulate the Kingdom on it's effort to keep the topographers 
employed.    So what's that in the last year or so, Southern, Coastal and 
Western needing to be redrawn.  They must be getting lots of overtime.

Gilli
Use to be shire of middleford
Burkhaven, An Odyssey of Learning
http://home.hot.rr.com/burkhaven/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <estarkey at camalott.com>
To: "Officers of Ansteorra" <redtape at lists.ansteorra.org>; 
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Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:01 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra] Dissolution of the Western Region


> For those of you who were not at Bonwicke's 12th Night, it was announced
> that the King of Ansteorra was dissolving the Western Region and nuking 5
> shires of the region  "for our own good" (Am Loch, Adlersrhue, Crossrode
> Keep, BlackLake, and Mendersham.  This will be read into law next week, 
> and
> the paperwork has already been been sent to the Board of Directors for
> implementation at the next Board meeting (January 26, 2008, Tampa 
> Florida).
> The peers of the Western Region were informed of this decision, but were
> sworn to secrecy by the King to not relay this to the Populace or the 
> group
> officers.  We were also told it was a done deal and there was no recourse.
> That Trelac should put in for Barony, and the former groups should decide 
> if
> they wanted their zip codes folded into Trelac or Bonwicke.
>
> In twenty years and four different kingdoms, I have never encountered such 
> a
> lack of regard for 108 paying members of the SCA, nor of written 
> procedure.
> I can not imagine how it could have been presented to the people concerned
> in a worse manner.
>
> Mendersham was 16 years old, 12 substaining members, required officer 
> slots
> filled, and reporting.  Your group is not safe either from dissolution at
> the word of a King, no matter how much money or time or effort or love you
> put into it.
>
>
> HE AmaRyah
>
>
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