[Sca-cooks] Midrealm News regarding royalty OT OP

[Saint Phlip]

I agree, Kiri. This is part of what I wrote to Sir Donna, former BoD
member, who has moved from An Tir to the Middle. He wrote his views on
why the BoD did what they did.

I get the impression that there's a great
disparity between the BoD point of view, and the average SCAdian's
point of view, from both instances (other instance I'm referring to
being the Pennsic 35 Chirurgeonate Clusterfunction). It seems to me
that the Bod seems
to feel it must govern dispassionately, while the average SCAdian
feels that the BoD should govern as SCAdians are used to being
treated- with compassion, humor, and room for exceptions due to
mitigating circumstances.

And, I think this is, in a nutshell, the problem. They're finding
themselves in a position of what the feel is power and responsibility,
and treating their fellow SCAdians like miscreants, rather than like
fellow SCAdians who play a game with them.

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Elaine Koogler <kiridono at gmail.com> wrote:
> I understand that there have to be rules.  I also understand that those
> rules have to be enforced, especially because there are always those who are
> looking for ways around them.  However, I also feel that this situation
> reveals a flaw in the way the BoD thinks and acts...and it's a flaw, like
> Gunther, that causes me to be concerned about the way the BoD functions.
>
> In this case, we have a situation where three mitigating circumstances
> exist:  1)The couple went to the BoD themselves and admitted the problem; 2)
> the lapse existed for only 3 days; and 3) there were severe non-SCA
> circumstances that caused it...a medical emergency.  I don't see any reason
> why the BoD couldn't have looked at these circumstances (and #3 is
> definitely a documentable situation) and made a decision to allow this
> exception to the rule because of the circumstances.  By not taking this
> path, IMHO they have shown how inflexible they can be.  Even in the modern
> legal system, exceptions are seen...the person who, because of a very real
> threat to their own lives, kills another.  This is referred to as
> self-defense, and a murder charge will not be brought...or if it is, it's
> usually a lesser charge, and the prosecution has to prove that the
> defendant's life was not in danger.
>
> I'm not a citizen of the Middle, so this really isn't my fight.  But it does
> concern me because it illustrates the inflexibility and lack of reason that
> our governing body seems to possess.
>
> Kiri

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