<font color="#ff0000">Arabella here and my responses are below....Thank you for responding so quickly, this is a serious issue. </font> <br><br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank you so much for your concerns, but as Master Caelin stated, this is a "Drink Contest". </span></p></span>
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<div><font color="#ff0000">Dictionary .com lists drink as:</font></div>
<div><font color="#ff0000"><strong>drink</strong> </font><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fdrink" target="_blank">
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<div><font color="#ff0000">v. <b>drank</b> (drāngk), <b>drunk</b> (drŭngk), <b>drink·ing</b>, <b>drinks</b> <br><br>v. <i>tr.</i> <br></font></div>
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<li><font color="#ff0000">To take into the mouth and swallow. </font>
<li><font color="#ff0000">To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): </font>
<li><font color="#ff0000">To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic liquors<i>.</i> </font></li></li></li></ol>
<p><font color="#ff0000">n. </font></p>
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<li><font color="#ff0000">A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage. </font>
<li><font color="#ff0000">An amount of liquid swallowed: </font>
<li><font color="#ff0000">An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or highball. </font>
<li><font color="#ff0000">Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor. </font></li></li></li></li></ol>
<div><font color="#ff0000"><strong>con·test</strong> </font><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fcontest" target="_blank">
</a><font color="#ff0000"> (kŏn'těst') n. </font></div>
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<li><font color="#ff0000">A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals. </font>
<li><font color="#ff0000">A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges. </font></li></li></ol>
<p><font color="#ff0000">Both of the definitions of these words indicate an action to be taken "with the possibility of the public doing it."</font></p>
<p><font color="#ff0000">No where in the Ad itself does it list anything else. </font></p>
<div><font color="#ff0000">This is the IMPLICATION that is at issue. The exact same situation came up at 25th Year and the ad for Namron's Tavern. </font></div><br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That means that this is a <u>competition</u> for brewer, vintners, and others who mix alcohol into fine tasting concoctions (hopefully).
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<div><font color="#ff0000">But the advertisement doesn't state that.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#ff0000">But the advertisement doesn't state that. </font></div>
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<p><font color="#ff0000">But the advertisement doesn't state that. That would be very sad if the participants/public of the event can't drink what is being offered. Then what is the purpose?</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Announcing a competition is clearly within the charter of the SCA. The only individuals who will be partaking will be the judges and you can be rest assured that they will be over 21.
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<div><font color="#ff0000">Yes that is also true, but the advertisement doesn't state that.</font></div><br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have not stated that we are using SCA funds to purchase, serve, etc. alcohol or alcoholic drinks. We may organize parties, feasts, or other activities where the members may bring the drinks of their choice whether alcoholic or not within the particular site rules. That is not prohibited.
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<div><font color="#ff0000">You are also correct, but by simply putting it in the advertisement for the event, calling it a "drink contest" that has many implications, with no other information. Further is the IMPLICATION that the barony is providing the drinks. If I can mis-understand it, and I've been playing a long time, than so can someone else.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also please notice in the announcement, we are not advertising that we are going to be drinking to excess at any part of a scheduled event,
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<div><font color="#cc0000"><font color="#ff0000">But the announcement does imply that, simply by the definition of the words themselves and the listing of the categories. It is a very short step from "drink contest" to drinking contest without further information.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">but mentioning we are having a party (and this has nothing to do with the Drink Contest) and that adults (as in over 21) may bring whatever they wish since this is a wet site.
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<div><font color="#ff0000">No where in the ad does it mention whether it is a wet site, only the fees and the directions. I'm all for parties as I said previously.</font></div><br>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #660000"><font color="#ff0000">I'm glad of this, I would hate for this to go uncorrected.</font></span></div>
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<div>Caelin it's only<strong> </strong><span class="secondary-bf">criticizable if my observations have no results. I don't care whether it's private to me or not, I have nothing to loose here, but Elfsea does.
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<div>AS a Keystone of Elfsea it is my responsibility to voice my concern when there is a possibility of the Barony in which I live to suffer sanctions, embarrassment, raised eyebrows, or any other potentially damaging actions. It is my duty as a member of the society to know and follow the rules of the Society in which we play.
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<div>If the stewards, <font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">Anistashia Ru<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: WalbaumFrakturEF">d</span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">refer, <font face="Times New Roman" size="2">
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This issue has the potential to be very damaging and I do not wish anyone in Elfsea to suffer because of it. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I sent a private message to the individuals to whom it was necessary to send it to. </span></font></div>
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