NK - Nudity Tax

[Jerry Herring]

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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>