NK - Nudity Tax

[Rebecca M. Heydon]

Not a problem...just took me rather by surprise... :-)

Rowan

At 07:22 PM 10/6/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>It's our fault.  I had received the email as an officer and responded to the
>officers... Ian read the email...thought it was a NK list discussion...and
>replied there instead of to officers... he's sorry.  :) so am I. :)
>
>In service,
>Kelandra and Ian
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
>> [mailto:owner-northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of Rebecca M. Heydon
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 6:45 AM
>> To: Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
>> Subject: NK - Nudity Tax
>>
>>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> Well, I'm not sure where the public discussion about the Nudity Tax came
>> into play as that's something only the Officers have been discussing as of
>> late.  However, as I see a few public posts and have gotten some private
>> ones, allow me to explain....
>>
>> The Nudity Tax is for people who attend Populace, Officers and demos
>> (official Baronial functions) in mundane clothing.  As one of the "rules"
>> of our game is to attempt pre-seventeenth century clothing,
>> wearing garb is
>> something we should all strive to do.  Therefore, even a tabard
>> or a simple
>> tunic counts as an attempt and gets you off paying the tax.
>>
>> We have done this on various occasions on and off throughout the
>> years as a
>> way to remind people that garb is part of the SCA game.  Fees are nominal
>> and monies collected will be used for the Baronial toy fund.  As the
>> Officers are still hashing out how much an offense will cost, the Tax will
>> not become official until Populace Meeting at the end of the
>> month of October.
>>
>> We were asked to consider reimplementing the tax as over the months, the
>> number of individuals attending Populace and demos (Dionader included) in
>> mundane clothing seems to be growing.  As throwing a tabard into the car
>> for such emergencies such as demos, etc., isn't that difficult, it seemed
>> perfectly acceptable to discuss the reintroduction of the tax.
>>
>> If anyone has any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask!
>>
>> In service,
>>
>> Lady Rowan ni Coerc
>> Seneschal, Barony of Northkeep
>> (and Youth Boffer Marshal, too)
>> end
>> ******
>> Rebecca M. Heydon
>> University of Tulsa - College of Law Library
>> ph:  918-629-2594
>> fax:  918-631-2151
>> rebecca-heydon at utulsa.edu
>> "If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague."
>> 		--Anonymous
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Rebecca M. Heydon			
University of Tulsa - College of Law Library	
ph:  918-629-2594	
fax:  918-631-2151  
rebecca-heydon at utulsa.edu
"If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague."
		--Anonymous
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