[MR] Curiosity

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In a message dated Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:29:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Angela K. Pincha-Neel" <angela at ascc01.ascc.lucent.com> writes:


> Both...
> 
> You're right, we do have a lot to keep us amused here in Atlantia, but, I feel
> this is a health issue for the Society as a whole. Atlantians, in my opinion,
> should not play isolationist because something happened to a member of another
> kingdom. Why should our help be any different based on whether a person is from
> home or nay? If nothing else, this has brought up a point that we, those of the
> Knowne World, have no recourse to gainsay the BoD. Is this really what we want? 


I am not suggesting that we be isolationists, but the fact is that unless any of us here personally know the individuals involved (that means Aveloc and those making accusations) and/or have firsthand information on the events in question, such as being witnesses or having copies of the documents, letters, court case file numbers and board proceedings, that we really have no way of making a fair judgement of either side.  And I fail to see how a discussion on this mail list will help him or the BoD or any of his alleged victims.  It will make us aware of problems with corpora & corporate policies for future incidents, yes, but so far all I have seen is people taking one side or the other, expressing opinions, again with little first hand knowledge of the specific incidents in question, and members of the populace getting angered over the persons in question and not the procedures.

> 
> In regards to getting the BoD comments, from the
> http://sca.org/BOD/mtg-sked.html site, it says that you can write to Milpitas
> for meeting minutes... under http://sca.org/BOD/announcements/ they have the
> Pennsic Accord there listed under Petition from Nine Crowns
> (http://sca.org/BOD/announcements/9crowns.html) other than that, I do not think
> anything can be found. As forwarded by another person, the BoD did send
> something to the Antiran Seneschal regarding the issue, but, it is biased to the
> the BoD side as Aveloc's web page is biased to his side... that's just the way
> things go.
> 
> It is up to each of us to decide if we think it is worth improving the way
> things are done with our Society and if so, how we choose to do it. I thought
> this situation warranted discussion in our kingdom.
> 
> Drea

The procedures, yes.  The person, no.  As I discussed with one gentle, the BoD is at the top of any complaint/appeals process inside the SCA Inc., as is the case with most clubs and companies.  Anyone is entitled to take that appeal to the next logical step and file a case with the court system, which has jurisdiction over the SCA Inc.

thyra
ps thanks for the extra info to check things out on the websites