[Ansteorra] Water Bearing at Gulf Wars?

[Jason]

I would have to agree with that.
-William

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On Feb 20, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Robert-GMail <rgferrell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Having an 'official' bureaucratic infrastructure doesn't really  
> ensure any better deployment of resources, anyway.  Case in point:  
> several years ago at Gulf Wars Godwyn Alfricson and I wandered up to  
> watch the Rapier Field Melees.  We were astonished and dismayed  
> that, despite the relative close proximity of Waterbearers' Point,  
> there was not a single one assigned to this rather major scheduled  
> battle.  Godwyn and I commandeered a golf cart and a five-gallon jug  
> and served as the only waterbearers for that entire battle.
>
> We have always and will always need water on the field.  But we  
> don't need yet another layer of bureaucracy to make that happen.  If  
> you see something that needs doing, just do it.
>
> Cynric
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 20, 2009, at 7:16 AM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I want to make two points:
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>> First, *NOBODY* is saying that people can not or should not bear  
>> water to the fighters. All that has changed is that the SCA Inc.  
>> will no longer be responsible for it.
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>> Second, in the early days of Ansteorra, we didn't have a  
>> waterbearer's office, and waterbearing was pretty much catch-as- 
>> catch-can and strictly voluntary. Yet, oddly enough, nobody died.   
>> I think you may be overexaggerating just a trifle.
>> (For that matter, I know of several cases where even when there was  
>> an active waterbearer's office, fighters were stupid, didn't drink,  
>> and got seriously dehydrated. Ultimately, it *still* comes down to  
>> personal responsibility.)
>>
>>       -Tivar Moondragon
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