[Sca-cooks] Pennsic question

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> Must be similar to the ones I've heard! And I meant "mercenary" as in
> greedy, because that's the main complaint I've heard about the Coopers.
> Although I must say I absolutely respect the fact that they have to act
> like business people and be hard-nosed when necessary. I think my main
> lament is that the SCA has no real control over Pennsic. 

My lady, I beg to disagree. Mostly, the people who have control over
Pennsic are SCAdians. That can in fact be the trouble; people chasing
coronets or who are just plain opinionated running things, and possibly
screwing over the people who do the actual work; and because we are such
a live and let live culture, the only way things get changed or fixed is 
in retrospect. Pennsic has a huge budget fund into which the event 
profits go (it's not like the entire net gets turned over to the 
Coopers) after which SCAdians squabble viciously about how it will be 
spent. 

As for me, I treat it as a conference with poor accomodations, and while 
I dread going out there every year, I treasure some of the memories I 
have made there and the things I have learned and the people I have met. 
That's what keeps me coming back.

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