[Ponte Alto] URGENT Pennsic Encampment News

[Kim Jordan]

Actually, I don't think anyone ever said that the fire safety
area around a tent was included in the common area set aside
this year.

I would think that common area includes the shower, sink and
water filtration system, along with the large common tent
(plastic fantastic), space for a fire pit and the safety area
around it, and main walkways, which may need to be wide enough
for a car to drive down for loading/unloading.  Which is a
fair amount of space, given the bowling alley shaped
encampment area we've had on N18.

The footprint area being calculated on the web page is what
our land agent needs to know to layout the tents in our
encampment properly to meet fire safety regulations.  

Cassandra 

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 08:30:23 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Marsaili Johnston <ladymarsaili at yahoo.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Ponte Alto] URGENT Pennsic Encampment News  
>To: The Barony of Ponte Alto <ponte-alto at atlantia.sca.org>
>
>   OK -- I'm looking at the square footage calculator
>   and do not understand why it's adding space when
>   we've been told repeatedly that the three feet of
>   space between the tents is supposed to come from the
>   75 feet of space being 'given back' for common
>   area.  If that's not part of the common area, then
>   what is it? 
>    
>   And granted, we don't want to be sitting in each
>   other's laps, but the space being discussed for
>   common area is bigger than my entire apartment.  Do
>   we need that much?
>    
>   Frankly, this is about to price me out of camping
>   with Ponte Alto.  The budget's a little tight right
>   now and registering for a second space for small
>   tent isn't going to happen. 
>    
>   Marsaili
>