NR - Northern Regional and Namron

CAMERON LEWIS okrabbit at home.com
Mon Jan 1 19:26:39 PST 2001



Marthe Cole wrote:

>   In addition, if such an unprecedented decision should be made, then
> by all rights, shouldn't the local group have the right to remove
> their name from the event???   Or, is the regional and kingdom
> seneschal now choosing who every group will have for an autocrat,
> regardless of whether the group approves of the person or not??
> <><><><><><><><><>
>
>
> There has been no mention of the NRSenchals office choosing who all
> the autocrats will be.  I believe this is a slippery slope that we do
> not need to slide down.  I do believe that it is Namron's, or any
> group's,  right to remove their name from an event if irreconcilable
> differences arise.
>
> <><><><><><><><><>
>
>  Are we now living in a dictatorship where everything that can affect
> a group's reputation or finances now is dependent on regional or
> kingdom seneschals?  Has this been applied in other regions? Was the
> autocrat chosen by the regional/kingdom seneschalate for the upcoming
> coronation?  Has the autocrat been chosen by the seneschalate for the
> upcoming Queen's Champion??If so, then why, all of a sudden, is the
> seneschal dictating orders to the local areas?If not, then why is
> Namron being singled out?
>
>
>
>
> I do not believe that it is a case of being singled out.  This may be
> the first time that an autocrat has been chosen for a regional event,
> by a regional officer.  I believe there are extenuating circumstances
> that led to this decision and because the Barony of Namron did not
> support it, they opted to remove themselves, and that is their
> perogative.  This event should go on every year and I for one would
> not like to see it fail, not because it brings money to the Kingdom
> coffers, but because it is fun.  People enjoy themselves at NRT every
> year no matter who runs it, what group, what autocrat, what feast is
> served or whatever.
>
> <><><><><><><><><> But it doesn't end there.  If  the group even
> considers pulling out, the seneshalate punishes the entire group for
> not going blindly along with the decisions of the seneschalate.  Is
> this right?
>
> <><><><><><><><><>
>
> WHAT PUNISHMENT???  Namron pulled out. That is all.  There has been no
> punishment mentioned by the Kingdom or the Seneschallate
>
> Still in service to the Dream, region, Kingdom, and Crown,
> Sir Alrek
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ansteorra.org/pipermail/northern-ansteorra.org/attachments/20010101/a69383c0/attachment-0001.htm>


More information about the Northern mailing list