[Sca-cooks] handicapped services carts at Pennsic

[Johnna Holloway]

And of course Pennsic has to come up with their 18% contribution for  
the settlement of the lawsuit too.
I suspect a number of expenses must and will be cut.

Johnnae

On Mar 6, 2012, at 1:14 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Hrothny replied to:
>> On the day you get there go to Handicap Services and register with  
>> them.
>> You can then make a reservation for someone to show up at your camp
>> with a golf cart the morning of your class and carry you and your  
>> gear
>> up to the class area.
>
> with
> <<< Unfortunately, this is no longer something that we can afford to  
> do. >>>
>
> At the risk of kicking a hornet's nest, can you tell us why this  
> change?  Is it literally a monetary concern? Complaints about the  
> overuse of non-medieval carts? Not enough volunteers to man the  
> carts for such pick-ups? Has the number of handicapped folks at  
> Pennsic taken a sudden leap upward? Complaints about joy-riding  
> royals finally causing some changes? The use of carts has been  
> controversial since I joined the SCA 20+ years ago, so I'm curious  
> what has changed?
>