SR - The Bonwicke/Shadowlands dilemma

[Galen W. Bevel]

Casey&Coni wrote:
> 
> 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
> 

My good friend Dieterich, 

You had best be careful of tea parties....I hear the British have all
sorts of difficulty with them.

Graf Galen

-- 
Galen W. or Rebecca Bevel
galenbv at ix.netcom.com
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