[Sca-cooks] handicapped services carts at Pennsic

[Mark S. Harris]

Johnnae replied to me with:
<<< 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.>>>

I did forget about the fact that the Pennsic reserve? fund would be  
hit with this 18% fine (danegild), but that doesn't necessarily mean  
that the operating budget is being cut. It might just mean an increase  
on the gate cost or other fees.

But more importantly to my question, Hrothny said that they had  
intended to restrict the use of carts for handicap pickup last year,  
but just didn't do it, which was long before the announcement of the  
court settlement. So while that could be a handy excuse, I don't see  
that as the primary reason.

Stefan
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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?

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Mark S. Harris
Electronics Engineer, Board and Systems Design
MarkSHarris at austin.rr.com
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