[Sca-cooks] RE: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #1414 - 17 msgs

[Marilyn Traber]

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Exactly why I started camping with Caer Frig/SPCA several Pennsics ago.

In our canton, there are 2 main factions, which my lord and i got along with
bth of as we stayed out of the politic end. After an interesting war [#25]
camping with and being camp mother for Bloodguard [interesting as in the
chinese curs\\\\blessing] we decided to try to camp with one of the 2 local
groups. After being thoroughly crapped upon by them [after several years
working in the kitchen for their specific annual fall event feast, and even
having PROVIDED GRATIS the home raised lambs and chickens for the feast that
fall] the only group that would welcome both my lord and myself was a
midrealm group. Piss poor, if you ask me. Not welcome by the canton and
barony we had been working for for about 4 years at this point.

I stopped playing on the cantonal level after that, and only occasionally
will do anything for the barony. I will work [within the bounds my physical
handicaps will allow] in kitchens everywhere else in the known world but BBM
and Dragon's Aerie. You don't want me, then don't expect me to do anything
for you. [This is also after being dismissed by the baronial chronicler, and
doing the cantonal chronicle for a year and an half, with the baronial
newsletter being 2 or occasionally 3 sheets of legal sized paper and my
newsletter being 8 to 13 pieces bound into booklet form, with articles, a
coloring page for the munchkins, schedules of events and minutes from the
monthly business meeting...]

margali
the quote starts here:
Kiriel wrote: "Ultimately whether you are involved in politics or not,
you end up being given the respect you earn."

  Yes, but how do you earn it, when the power group refuses to
acknowledge that you exist?
  One can offer to cook, autocrat, help out, or what have you; only to
be ignored, told flat out that "..we can handle it" (no thanks, anyhow)
or to be coddled along, planning and working, only to be told several
weeks later that "well, so-and-so has [always been in charge] or [been
working on that] and they've already got it all set up, so..."
  Local politics being what they can be, it can be impossible to be
part of a group that's wound too tight, and if it's too far to go to
play with others, except on a once or twice a year basis, what is one
to do?
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