[MR] Autocrats' Duty/Authority

[Scribe0002 at aol.com]

I've been autocrat of several events in many venues and on staff at many  
more and I know what you're saying is likely true. My suggestion would be that  
the overall expectation of the community needs to change.
 
Something that is eggregiously offensive such as a dog barking through the  
night needs to be brought to the attention of the autocrat. I've had people run 
 up to me to make me aware of the most mundane, trivial, petty things that I  
couldn't believe the words were coming from the mouths of adults . . . Why  
wouldn't someone make the autocrat aware of the barking dogs and/or owners with 
 poor attitudes when they are approached by members of the populace who are  
being bothered?
 
I would not like to ask someone to leave at 3 am but if their animals were  
being so bothersome and they were unable to control them, that might be the 
best  solution. Or maybe moving their tent to a less populated area of the evnt . 
. .  or get your butt back to your tent because your animal is keeping 
everyone awake  . . . 
 
No one can make a good judgement call without knowing what was  really going 
on, but so many of the problems for which new regulations and  policies and 
paperwork and responsibilities are being suggested are simply a  matter of 
people being held responsible for their own decisions it makes me  wonder.
 
~g
 
 
In a message dated 9/27/2006 9:54:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
ylandra at gmail.com writes:

It may  well be that the autocrat either is not made aware of the
situation (either  by direct observation or by someone coming to
complain) or does not wish to  upset the person by asking them to leave
at 3 in the morning.  That's  just my guess.