[Ansteorra] Our Words on Pennsic Support

[David Whitford]

Woohoo...sounds like we can find a new topic!
Robert
(hopefully one less touchy)

--- On Sun, 5/22/11, King of Ansteorra <king at crown.ansteorra.org> wrote:

> From: King of Ansteorra <king at crown.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] Our Words on Pennsic Support
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 10:58 PM
> Hello All,
> 
> 
> 
>  We would like to start by saying thank you to Mistress
> Seraphina, Master
> Cynric and their crew. Your Herculean efforts to ensure
> that everyone who is
> lucky enough to partake of Pennsic this year will have a
> truly wonderful
> experience.
> 
> 
> 
>  We would like to say thank you to Sir Angus for bringing
> to light a problem
> in our system of not only communication, but in Our system
> for taking care
> of Our populace while We are abroad.
> 
> 
> 
>  We would like to say thank you to all who have weighed in
> on this topic
> because it has allowed Us some valuable insight into the
> collective
> feelings, hopes, dreams, and most importantly expectations
> of Our good
> Ansteorra.
> 
> 
> 
>  All of that being said, We must "Come down firmly on both
> sides of this
> issue" and say that both Mistress Seraphina and Sir Angus
> are correct. We
> will explain Our feelings on this, and then offer a
> possible, all be it
> short term solution.
> 
> 
> 
>  1. It has been said to Us that Pennsic is the one place
> regularly
> attended by Our populace where households, regions,
> factions and the like do
> not enter into the mind. We are Ansteorra. A group. A
> people. A Kingdom. We
> would love nothing more than for that to continue to be
> true. To that end we
> need a communal area at a war this far from native soil to
> congregate and
> share in the experience. For that the Kingdom provides a
> pavilion. The
> Kingdom has not in the past provided trash bags, water,
> ice, oranges,
> pickles, coffee, or showers. Especially showers! These
> types of amenities
> have been provided by individuals at their own expense with
> expectation that
> they would be reimbursed by those who use these things in
> the form of tips
> and donations. This has not happened in the past as
> consistently as it
> should. The expenses have usually exceeded the donations.
> Unfortunately We
> have to say that that is the risk an individual incurred
> for a volunteer
> effort. This is an injustice to them because no Ansteorran
> would deny
> another their hospitality.
> 
> 
> 
> 2. No one other than the Crown's representative has the
> authority to charge
> Our populace a fee. Our populace purchases the right to
> attend Pennsic.
> We have an allocated spot of earth on which to camp for
> those who have
> purchased said entrance. Group meal plans, group showers,
> mass water
> purchases and the like are 100% encouraged. We should act
> as a group in all
> ways for the betterment of all.
> 
> 
> 
> 3. Land is allocated and reserved through the efforts of
> others for both a
> Royal area with the communal gathering place and for the
> general populace to
> camp. If we have a larger turnout we could possibly get the
> two combined,
> but that is unlikely so the status quo is for the
> foreseeable future just
> that. With this arrangement it is entirely possible for
> someone in the
> Ansteorran general camping area to use none of the things
> provided by either
> the Kingdom or the individual. However that is only true if
> you do not speak
> to your friends by torch light, eat a pickle, drink water,
> shower, have
> coffee, come to court, or in any other way enter the Royal
> / communal area.
> I cannot believe that Our Knights, Laurels, Pelicans, Dons,
> Centurions, etc.
> etc., would shun Our hospitality and not come to court.
> :-)
> 
> 
> 
> *Now for the solution. We are speaking with our Officers
> and We are working
> on a short term Kingdom source for an amenities (water,
> pickles, coffee,
> ice, shower, etc.) fund to ensure that Our populace is
> happy, healthy, and
> clean. A long term solution will still need to be found; so
> perhaps instead
> of harsh words, all Ansteorrans can work together to find a
> solution that
> all feel is fair for the future.***
> 
> 
> 
> Gramercy,
> 
> 
> 
> Lochlan & Gwen
> 
> Rex et Ragina Ansteorrae
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