[MR] suggestion for new cell phone rules at events

[Karen Summerfelt-Hume]

I suspect the lady was being somewhat "tongue in cheek" and venting over a 
situation that occurs all too often.  For a number of years now the SCA - at 
least in Atlantia - has asked folks to either turn off their assorted 
electronic tools or at least put them on a soundless (i.e. vibrate) mode for 
the person who MUST have it on for good reason.  Some folks just need a wake 
up thwack on the head or a gentle reminder that these tools, which have 
become some sort of external organ that many cannot go without, are out of 
place and offensive to some or just annoying to most.
    We have managed to get 99% of the smoking removed from most SCA activity 
areas by providing a set area for this activity.  Most parents will remove a 
crying or misbehaving child from the area of Court or feast or other 
activity areas.  People have been asked to kindly turn off or at least 
silence the cell phones, pagers, etc many times.  Perhaps more attention 
should be paid to this item in the form of requests during the heralds 
announcements.
     As for a fine...hmmm...maybe the fine Rebecca proposes is a bit steep 
but there is always the aspect of public humility (rather period, I believe) 
for having been so rude.  Something like a big dunce hat and sign hung round 
their neck for the rest of the event.
     RE: Rebecca's last question - will it hurt the tires?  No, but it does 
NOT biodegrade at an acceptable rate and thus is ecologically unfriendly - 
just dump it in a bucket of water, that will silence it.

Chagan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lady Ro" <ladyro at comcast.net>
To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] suggestion for new cell phone rules at events


> Why can we just not ask people to turn off the cell phone unless there is 
> a
> valid reason that they need it on, and rely on their honour to do so?
>
> Many times a gentle reminder is all that is needed.
>
> Although 3 calls on the same cell phone pretty much invalidates the "real
> reason" to have it on.
>
> Baroness Roana de Laci
>
> http://ladyrowansplace.livejournal.com/> On 11/5/07, Becky McEllistrem
> <bmcellis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > The following suggestion came to mind at Crown Tourney...
>> >
>> > If you're a current or former officer of any sort and your cell phone
> rings in the middle of an event (say right next to the fighting field) you
> owe the royal kingdom travel fund $50.00.
>> >
>> > If you're a former kingdom officer or kingdom deputy of any sort and
> your cell phone rings in the middle of an event you owe the royal kingdom
> travel fund $100.00
>> >
>> > If you're a current or former kingdom officer and your cell phone rings
> twice in the middle of an event, you owe the royal kingdom travel fund
> $100.00 plus the autocrat has the right to confiscate and then run over 
> said
> cell phone! Would that hurt the tires?
>> >
>> > Sounded great after the same bloody cell phone rang three times! <grin>
>> >
>> > Rebecca
>
>
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