SR - ballots results (long!)

[gptaylor]

This is problem with communication within the seneschalate.  You cannot infer
group apathy from an inability of seneschals to receive, hand-out, collect, and
send back ballots on a one-populace meeting timeframe.  We the uncounted
populace didn't get our ballots and squirrel them away from our pleading
seneschals, or vote by placing them in the "circular file" so that there was
nothing to return.

In addition, most of the populace had no clue as the the timeframe of this
vote.  I am on this list where we talk about such things and didn't know.  Did
you know?  I had though that a good place to vote for a name would be the SR
festival....and next thing I know, results were posted, indicating that voting
had already taken place.  So...no, as one of the more informed people in the
Barony, I had no clue that I should be presently pursuing something or nagging
my seneschal.  Day to day, the SCA just doesn't take up that much of my
brainpower to be constantly checking on what is occurring with a regional name.
But when injustice occurs, such as a group being left out of voting because they
didn't receive their ballots, I'll raise my voice.

But...enough with this.  The damage has been done.  The "Southern Region" we
shall remain because of a seneschallate communication problem, not because of
the desires of the populace.

Isobel

maddie teller-kook wrote:

> I guess my question for this is:  IF the seneschals didn't receive the
> ballots, did they contact Sosha to tell her that? If not why?  IF the name
> vote was such an important issue I am sure either of the seneschals would
> have pursued it. Plus, IF the populace wanted it so bad, they would have
> pursued it as well. The fault with this doesn't lie with Sosha, but with
> apathy for this vote.
>
> Meadhbh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-southern at Ansteorra.ORG [mailto:owner-southern at Ansteorra.ORG]On
> Behalf Of gptaylor
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 9:20 AM
> To: southern at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SR - ballots results (long!)
>
> > So she did it AGAIN. This time, she sent out ballots with a
> > self-addressed, STAMPED, 9" X 12" mailing envelope, so the ballots would
> > be sure to be returned to the correct address. In the case of a certain
> > vocal barony, TWO were sent - one to the outgoing seneschal and one to
> > the incoming - sent to the addresses provided by the two people in
> > question. Three came back - a fourth group's was sent in a regular #10
> > envelope. Looks like the majority voted for APATHY again.
>
> There are two answers for this.  I believe that ballots got sent.  Either
> our Seneschals are lying or
> they didn't receive the ballots.  Call either of them a liar, and you'll
> have a fight on your hand.  No
> ballots made it to our Barony, which would have been happy to vote.  Please
> tell me how this is apathy.
>
> Isobel
>
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