[MR] Attedning our neighbors' events (was:Ladies Atlantian heavy/light tourneys) (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Lord Lyon Filshenri:

> I fired off that answer quickly and without thinking, and it got me
> pondering something. So I am asking for opinions:
>
> Do we have an obligation to attend our nearest neighbors' events,
> supporting them even if there is one farther away we might want to
> attend? Is that an unspoken assumption? I realized I have been making
> that assumption, and I wondered what others think.

IMO, I don't see that it is an obligation. It's nice, and it's
neighborly, but that's not the same thing. Supposing one of the
groups that's relatively near me was holding an event, I would
certainly be tempted to go-getting there is so much easier,
there's no need to arrange for crash space, meals along the way,
etc.. On the other hand, if a collegium of Atlantian heralds was
being held at another branch a good deal farther away, I would be
equally tempted to go there, because there's something at that
event which piques my interest, and, indeed, I might go there.

Also, consider the position of a merchant. Some sites, like
Storvik's Croom Park, don't allow merchants to come and purvey
their goods. Surely, it would be foolish to ask a merchant to
lose money, yes?

Pedro