[MR] Pennsic land grab

[E. L. Wimett]

It might be a really good idea for some of the merchants to confirm with 
Cindy exactly what is going on with site access for merchants on Saturday.

The merchant rules for this year say we can bein setting up on Saturday, 19 
July, 2013 (which does not exist).  They also say we have to check in with 
the merchant office first and that the office is open 9 - 5.

But technically I suspect that the mayor's office --- which seems to be into 
all sorts of new regs that may or may not have been co-ordinated with the 
Coopers --- will take the position that they control access to the site. 
Certainly, the Pennsic website at www.pennsicwp.org now says "You may not 
drive into the campground until after land grab which is held on the first 
Saturday. "  That now appears on both the main web page and the registration 
page.  Without any firm end time for land grab. (And it is hard for 
merchants to set up without driving into the campground.)

Alisoun
Who is finding all of this to be inordinately complicating her attempts be 
acquire a tent erection crew. . .




-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Houghton
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 6:01 PM
To: Dexter Guptill
Cc: Merry Rose
Subject: Re: [MR] Pennsic land grab

Howdy!

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Big hullabaloo on the Pennsic War Facebook page.  Basically, the PW Staff
> are asking those who are not land agents, land agent assistants, or
> traveling with land agents, to show up Saturday morning instead of Zero
> night. The way it's being presented is that they're running out of parking 
> /
> camping space on the Battlefield, due to non-land agents coming.
>
More precisely, the PW Staff say that they have "always" been asking
that only land agents show up on Friday. I'd think I'd have heard a whiff
of this before now, so I wonder just how they have been "asking". Telepathy
is plainly unreliable. They also overlook merchants planning to begin setup
as soon after 0900 as they can get through the gate, being not subject to
the Land Regulations, but rather the Merchant Office regulations.

It's not an absurd request, but they do have to actually make it known
clearly and widely so that people can learn of it. I don't dismiss the 
concern
that is behind this.

yours,
Herveus

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