[Sca-cooks] Tavern Arrangements WAS An Andalusian Lunch at Red Dragon

[Euriol of Lothian]

In the past I've funded a feast out of my own pocket and later got reimbursed when I turned in the receipts. The Barony I live in now has quite a number of people who could not afford to do that. The Exchequer gives them an advance for the food costs, and the receipts are turned in and the numbers reconciled. When I was still recovering after having been laid off, I got an advance for doing a feast, and when we reconciled the receipts against the advance, I wrote a small check for the amount back to the barony... in essence, I came under budget for the feast.

If any local group's exchequer has an issue doing this, then a discussion should be had with the exchequer and the seneschal. There maybe some underlying issues, but at least everyone will be on the same page.

Euriol

 Euriol of Lothian, OP
Clerk, Order of the Pelican, Kingdom of Æthelmearc
Chronicler, Barony of Endless Hills


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----- Original Message ----
From: "lilinah at earthlink.net" <lilinah at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 7:19:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Tavern Arrangements WAS An Andalusian Lunch at Red Dragon

Ranvaig wrote:
>  I have no problems with our group helping out the other group, or
>  funding the costs for their lunch, the group needs help. I'd help
>  myself if I could.
> 
>  But it doesn't seem right that they ask me to fund the lunch for our
>  event out of *my* pocket. I've cooked a feast and two lunches for
>  this group before, and never made a big profit, but never lost money
>  either. Normally I'd probably just buy everything and turn in the
>  receipts afterwards, but I'm fighting a layoff at work, and have been
>  only working 25 hours a week... I just don't have the money.

I know that for my first feast i was basically told to buy all the food myself, then turn in the receipts to get reimbursed a month later - and the feast was in December, generally an expensive month, with holidays, gifts, potlucks, family, etc. I did it but i wasn't happy. So the next year i asked for an advance. When i was exchequer for the group i gave the cooks the basic budget, they turned in receipts afterwards - if they spent more within reason, they were reimbursed.

Is the group willing to give you any "seed" money that you can repay after the lunch? If you explain your work situation, will they be more sympathetic?
-- Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita
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