[Ansteorra] Water Bearing at Gulf Wars?

[Robert-GMail]

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

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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.)
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>        -Tivar Moondragon
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