[Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer proposal

Thu Jun 19 14:19:15 PDT 2008

Thank you Lyneya. 
I have been making comments to the BOD speaking with the Society Chirurgeon
on this very issue. I will help our Kingdom come through this no matter what
happens. I know that there are a large number of waterbearers in Ansteorra
who do not need a title to do what we love to do. For myself just hearing a
fighter or member of the populace say thanks is plenty. We are Ansteorran
and I have never seen this Kingdom not overcome a problem.  So as long as we
all have the will, we will find a way to work through this.  

In Service to Ansteorra,
HL Aingeal Mac an Ghabhann
Kingdom Waterbearer

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[mailto:ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Susan McMahill
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:37 PM
To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer proposal

Actually, Sir Lyonel, that's what Public Health Bureaus do. It is their job
to respond to every reported case of food borne illness. It is the law for
physicians and facilities to report suspected food poisoning and related
illnesses to the PHBs. This includes such things as Hepatitis A along with
the ones we hear about in the news and a host we don't hear about.

>From what I've seen, Ansteorra's waterbearers have very little to worry
about as far as I can tell. I know that the waterbearers that I know and
have worked with have sanitation issues dealt with and I have no worries
about catching something from one of them. Where I have some concerns,
however, is that everyone takes pickles, oranges, pretzles, etc from a
common bowl/dish and hand washing facilities for folks are few and far
between. I'm more worried about the kid who takes a handful and was playing
in the dirt or a fighter who just visited the portajohn and didn't have hand
sanitizer than the volunteers.

Other than having our waterbearers no longer being an officially sanctioned
group of officers, I don't see that much really
has to change. HL Aingeal Mac an Ghabhann and the folks that deal with this
directly seem to have the issue well in hand and very matter of factly. I am
confident that most of us will not see any real differences on the field,
thanks to their good work and willingness to handle the issue
professionally. 

Lyneya de Grey

tmail.com> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008
17:17:03 +0000> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer
proposal> > Salut cozyns,> > No, I don't believe that's true. Public health
bureaux have enough to do without jumping to respond to every reported food
poisoning incident. > > And we've had soooooo many waterbearer-related
salmonella incidents. > > This is a tempest in a teapot.> > En Lyonel >
_________________________________ > Impedimentum via est (The obstacle is
the path)> > > > > From: sueorintx at hotmail.com> To:
ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:57:14 -0500>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer proposal> > They
may not be able to inspect but they would still investigate. Lots of
questions and possible testing would be done of items used for service. You
can bet that if there were several folks that got sick, we would be getting
a whole lot of unwanted attention.> > Lyneya> Well-behaved women Seldom make
history - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich> > > > > From: sirlyonel at hotmail.com> To:
ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:49:30 +0000>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer proposal> > Salut
cozyns,> > I think it's a bit far-fetched, though, to think that someone
showing up at a hospital ER with food poisoning would result in public
health inspections for our events. By the time the public health folks got
wind of it, the event would be over.> En Lyonel >
_________________________________ > Impedimentum via est (The obstacle is
the path)> > > > > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:12:23 -0500> From:
engtrktwo at gmail.com> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re:
[Ansteorra] Answers to Questions-Waterbearer proposal> > Sir Lyonel,> > I do
not claim any direct knowledge of the public health system, or local> heal
codes.> > However, I have seen a massive increase in the number of media
reported food> sickness related events over the past few years.> > That fact
alone tells me that public awar> eness of food-born illness is up.> If one
of our members walks into a hospital with food poisoning after an> event,
even if we are ultimately cleared of any responsibility, I do not> want to
guess what the negative effects will be on us.> > I appreciate that it has
not happened yet, and I certainty do not want to be> alarmist on the issue.
But the world, the US, and even Ansteorra are a> changing place, and we must
not forget that fact.> > Lord Ivo Blackhawk.> > > > Has any SCA function
ever been subjected to a public health inspection> ?> >> > En Lyonel> >
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