SR - The Bonwicke/Shadowlands dilemma

[Casey&Coni]

In regards to my hosting a tea and discussion at Gothic War (where I have to
be anyway) Lady Jan wrote:

>We can easily end up with too many chiefs and not enough indians.  We
>need someone to be in charge of these decisions.

What decisions?  I wanna have a tea.  It's for those folks who happen to
show up and want to chat or listen about principality stuff... or drink
iced-tea on a hot day.   I don't wanna make any decisions at my tea.  I
wanna talk about the stuff that's on the web page there.  I also don't wanna
be the chief of the tea where we aren't gonna poll on anything and where no
decisions will be made.  I anticipate more western folks than southern folks
there since I gather the rest of the region will be at Shadowlands but
anybody would be able to drink.

I am referring to
>someone who can impartially act as a clearing house for arrangement
>decisions; not make principality decisions.

I don't wanna make decisions at my tea.  I wanna drink tea and pass around a
copy of the web page.

Tivar has done an
>excellent job of moderating, but the most logical person to watch over
>and direct this action is the Souhern Regional Seneschal, Kief.

I'm not sure that we need to get permission to talk about this stuff (cause
that's what we'll be doing as we sip our tea) but okay, I'll play along...
Keif, can I have an unofficial discussion in my own camp under my own
pavillion where no decisions will be made that anybody can come to who
happens to either be interested in principalities or is thirsty?  I'm a paid
member of the society and I'll pay my site fee and everything.  I'll be
buying the tea, sugar, sweet-and-low, lemons, and ice with my own money so I
won't use up all our regional funds;)  I'm going to print the web page on my
own paper with my own ink so as not to bankrupt us.  I'll even ask the
autocrat of the event and the Baron and Baroness if it's okay with them.  So
can I?

NOTE: at the same time as my iced-tea party/chat there will be an *official*
meeting going on in Shadowlands.  Actual polling may take place there.  My
party will (tentatively) be a *personal* affair.  I have to be there because
I am Baron Drake's champion which is the foremost reason for me not being in
Shadowlands that weekend.

Any other questions or comments?  To have tea, or not to have tea... that is
the question.


Ritter Dieterich





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