[Namron] Event list

[Chass Brown]

Bubba get a grip. I am not a victim but the law is the law. Don't follow
it suffer the consequences of your actions. Sooner or later someone will
Sue over access violations and well the group can not win nor can the
SCA. If anyone tried to "bitch-slap" me they would find that a nearly
impossible task :-). The sooner is closer than most know and it is not
by me. For a group that supposed to hold Honor and Chivalry above all
else listen to yourselves shesh. Bubba we are being told "If you need
something special like oh.,.. ramps to get into buildings supply them
yourselves, and suck it up and provide your own accommodations or don't
go" This was basically a direct quote from something that was sent off
list. This tirade all started over me asking for measurements so I could
replace that piece of crap dead ramp at Cimarron. That is me actively
trying to do something. There are accessible sites out there to be had.
just takes looking. In 5 min of looking I sent a list of what 7 or 8
camp grounds. I am now in a heavy duty all terrain powerchair and I had
difficulty getting around at Cimarron. If I had problems people in
regular power-chairs or manual wheelchairs wouldn't be able to get
around. Hell I wouldn't gripe if a site was even remotely accessible but
lets all face it Cimarron is not. I can't even get into the latrine (or
feast hall now for that matter). 
 
 
Chass Brown A.K.A.
Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable chariot. 
Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark.
Rear Admiral Northern Region Ansteorran Royal Navy -      Ship the Red
Shark.  Muddeler of Mead
 
-----Original Message-----
From: namron-bounces at ansteorra.org [mailto:namron-bounces at ansteorra.org]
On Behalf Of William Herron
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:39 AM
To: Barony of Namron Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Namron] Event list
 
Cutting out any one of these things might result in a few people
deciding they cannot go. 
Baron Ulfie, ret.

We're going to pick sites that give us the best overall value and try to
get as many of the features we need as we can.  Until I win the lottery
and build us the perfect site that will be all things to all people,
we'll have to do with what we can find. 

Does that mean that we're going to pick sites that aren't fully equipped
with accessability features?  Yes, it does.  Just like we'll pick sites
that aren't equipped with equestrian facilities or flush-toilets or
electricity or whatever.  (And air conditioning.  I vote for air
conditioning, especially in August...) 

I do not want us to be in a position where we have a site that's capable
of handling hundreds of people, works well for a major Namron event like
Protectorate, and yet we reject it because it's not fully
handicap-accessible.  I'm sorry that has the potential of meaning that
several people can't go to that event.  We may pick a site that's not
equestrian accessible, which means those people don't get to bring their
horses that weekend.  We may pick a site that's not air-conditioned,
which means that Bubba's going to sit there and sweat all weekend, or
just not go.  (I've been spoiled being in New England for almost 10
years now.  I may never be able to adjust.) 

What I am tired of is the bitching and whining.  I don't need to name
names.  You know who you are.  You feel discriminated against, and you
feel like a victim, and everyone is out to get you.  We're not, and we
don't know why you can't see that.

I miss Baroness Mairin.  She would not have put up with this crap.  And
she had the background and experience to go and bitch-slap the "victims"
and tell them they better snap out of it.  I loved to take her with us
when we visited a site because she would get out there in her chair and
show me what was wrong and what we could do about it.  Note the second
part of that..."and what we could do about it".  Pet peeve of mine:
don't sit around and complain about something if you don't have a
solution.  Her solutions were usually quick, simple, cheap, easy to
implement, and common-sense. 

I'm not going to tell anyone they can't play.  And I'm damn well going
to work with anyone who needs help to play.  I think I'm fairly
representative of people in Namron.  No one is saying, sorry, you're
handicapped, so you can't participate...quite the opposite.  There's a
lot of time and money and volunteer effort going into trying to make The
Game accessible to everyone.

If you read this and you choose to be offended, fine.  Be offended at
me.  Don't assume the entire Barony is out to get you, though.  *I'm*
not even out to get you, but I'd love to get you to understand.

Care, 
Bubba
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