[MR] Vivats to that 5%!

[James Pryor]

If you are at an event and are unsure if and where help is needed then by all 
means contact the Autocrat or any of the event staff. Most of them will have a 
good idea of what is needed or who to point you to. 

If nothing else, most events need someone to wash dishes, sweep and mop 
floors, clean bathrooms(some sites) and in general pick up trash. 

One thing I have noticed, and by no means is this a gripe, is that some folks 
feel they need to ask permission to help and do not know who to go to. 
Frankly, alot of helping can be done without asking permission. Pick up any 
stray trash you see. Clean up in the bathroom when you see it is a mess. Stay 
late and fold chairs and tables when necessary. As someone who has Autocratted 
events I can tell you any help like that is GREATLY appreciated by the event 
staff. (I personally have just wandered into an event kitchen and just asked 
what they needed. Someone always pointed to something to do. Even ended up at 
one event cooking the dessert course when the cook went home sick and 
organized the plating of the meal at that event)

Just my two cents.. YMMV

Chimbai
GDH


Quoting KM Herrick <kmherrick at adelphia.net>:

> I don't know which event you are speaking of, Your Excellency, but I whole 
> heartedly agree.  I spent this past weekend busting butt at my shire's event
> 
> and we rocked!
> 
> To make a point, shouldn't any group hosting an event be required to supply 
> ALL of the work force?  How many events have you (the general populace) 
> attended, say hosted by a Barony, and only a handful of bodies remain 
> afterwards to clean up.  A barony for Christ's sake!  Where the hell are the
> 
> rest of the people???  If any group is hosting an event then the entire 
> membership should be responsible from start to finish.  It is appalling to 
> just dump everything on the autocrat and the usual handful of conscientious 
> workers.
> 
> 
> - Taliesin ap Owaine
> Shire of Isenfir
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <oldstormcrow at aol.com>
> To: <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:50 PM
> Subject: [MR] Vivats to that 5%!
> 
> 
> > Many vivats to that 5% of event attendees who actually help out! ....
> > Baron Arkein Steinschleifer von Uberstein
> 
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