[MR] [Fwd: Re: Troll Rights - was Re: [Sca-cooks] *&^%$Feastocrat!]

[Barones Benefse]

I have always referred to myself as a "Gate Keep" when I run reservations.  It seemed more fitting. Now you will get Gatekeeper and Keymaster jokes :)  but I always preferred it to troll...

Benefse

Barones Benefse al Rashida, OP

-----Original Message-----
>From: Leesa Orton <ldmolly at gmpexpress.net>
>Sent: Apr 28, 2006 9:06 AM
>To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: Re: [MR] [Fwd: Re: Troll Rights - was Re: [Sca-cooks]	*&^%$Feastocrat!]
>
>The term "gate" has been used for a while in Caid...I think it's a bit nicer 
>than "Troll", grin
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <jbrmm266 at aol.com>
>To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:01 AM
>Subject: Re: [MR] [Fwd: Re: Troll Rights - was Re: [Sca-cooks] 
>*&^%$Feastocrat!]
>
>
>> Kiri-sensei writes:
>>
>> [I]nstead of referring as the person to who checks folks into events as 
>> "trolls" (a fantasy type term), how about what is recommended here: 
>> Porter.
>>
>>
>> I'm all for it. Problem is, we have decades of tradition working against 
>> it.
>>
>> I undertand that the term started when the entry to an early event was 
>> placed under a bridge. According to folklore, trolls dwell  under bridges, 
>> and so . . .
>>
>> And I don't doubt that the assonance wtih Toll was a factor also.
>>
>> I certainly endorse the use of more period-based terms, such as "feast 
>> cook" rather than tacking "-crat" on the job areas. In fact, I wouldn't 
>> mind seeing the head of an event called something like steward rather than 
>> autocrat.
>>
>>
>> Your servant aye
>> Donal
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