[Steppes] money at gate

[Michelle Hanson]

We did do money drops at both last year's Warlord and this year's
Warlord. I would not hesitate to say that it has been Warlords before as
well.

Speaking as the autocrat from last year and head of security for this
year - we did take into account the fact that a LOT of money comes
during Warlord at gate.

Doing drops is the only reasonable way to make sure that if something
unfortunate (yes not quite the right word but everyone already knows
what I mean) were to happen - the loss at gate would be minimal since we
would all rather lose 2-300 dollars than one of our own (or anyone
else's for that matter).

There is no easy answer and that is the problem.  Planning for the
what-ifs can only get us so far because there are about a million or so
of them and can't all be reasonably accounted for.  The best we can do
is the best we can do.

Maírghréad

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forgotten.

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-----Original Message-----
From: steppes-admin at ansteorra.org [mailto:steppes-admin at ansteorra.org]
On Behalf Of Maeva Beiskaldi
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 1:04 AM
To: steppes at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Steppes] money at gate

During the years I was doing waterbearing for Warlord, the gate money
was stashed in the padlocked-shut ice machine by Gate.  Safer than a
car, we thought, and conveniently close.

Maeva


Kevin Black wrote:
> I may not be thinking this through, but if we cannot provide an ATM
card
> (which is understandable), how about a safe?  One with enough heft
that a
> snatch and grab couldn't carry it off (the average floor safe which
you
> could pick up for under a couple of hundred bucks would probably
suffice).
> It would require assisted movement of course (such as a cart) when
moving
> the cash, but it would be some measure of secured alternative.
>
>
>
> Hubert d'Aiguës-Mortes
> Qui fait plus, mieux vaux
>
>
>
>
>> From: Catherine Sims <arianne_steppes at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>> To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>> Subject: Re: [Steppes] money at gate
>> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> --
>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
>> Speaking as a former treasurer, there is something that should be
>> mentioned
>> here.  The ATM idea is a nice one, for the sake of getting the money
>> deposited ASAP.  Unfortunately, the SCA rules do not allow branches
to
>> have
>> an ATM card.  It's just too easy for one person to make unsanctioned
>> withdrawals with an ATM card.  As embezzlements, or more politely,
>> financial embarrassments, happen in more branches around the Known
World,
>> the chances of the ATM card becoming a useable tool for depositing
gate
>> moneybecome less and less.  An alternate plan that we used at
Ansteorran
>> Twentieth Year Celebration was to take the cash and purchase money
>> orders.
>> There is a charge for this, of course, but it makes the gate money
less
>> immediately spendable if it fell into the wrong hands.
>>
>> Arianne

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