[MR] A Modest Proposal

[Towey, Brian]

<begin tongue-in-cheek>
Milords and Maladies, pray attend!

Announcing the advent of the Post-Modern Middle Ages, bringing the SCA
into the 21st Century.

We are proud to bring you the e-Vent, the Society's first (or at least
latest) on-line tournament and revel!

Registration
	Payments by PayPal*.  Special pre-registration rate ends five
minutes
	before the site opens Friday night.
Combat
	Single-elimination Quake III: Arena* deathmatch tournament
	Team deathmatch MUD melees 
	On-line Chess Tournament
Revelry
	Live On-line Bardic Chat Room (NetNanny* may be appropriate for some
	users)
	Virtual Drum Circle (MIDI drum loop on infinite repeat)
A&S
	Text
		Poetry Competition
	Graphics
		Scroll competition (.GIF or .JPG formats only)
		Garb Fashion Show (hosted by AmIHotOrNot.com*)
		Calligraphy (submit your custom TrueType* fonts with
appropriate
		documentation)
Vendors
	10% discount for on-line orders during the e-Vent from participating
	merchants
		RenStore.com*
		Triplette.com*
		HistoricEnterprises.com*
		ArmourStore.com*
		And many more!
Fund-raising
	Donated items to be auctioned on eBay*
Feast
	At precisely 6:00 PM on Saturday, our demon dialers will fax orders
	to the Dominos Pizza* store in your home town.  By 6:30, we will all
be
	sitting down to a delicious feast, to the accompaniment of Italian 
	Renaissance motets. (RealAudio* required for dinner music.)

Save gas!  Avoid heat stroke, sore muscles, and mosquito bites.  Make plans
now to attend the first annual e-Vent....
<end tongue-in-cheek>

* Vendor and product names were selected pretty much at random.  No official
endorsement is intended or implied.

-Charles Fleming
mka Brian Towey
"Miror Otium Negotium Multum Requirare"