In my opinion if we are allocating space for meeting at an event it is an official endeavor. It seems that we have a problem with fragmentation ofinformation already. I would rather see us strive to improve existing areas of communication. How many groups have Calendars and websites that are not up-to-date. Why Is it necessary to sign up for a Facebook page and a yahoo group to get a full picture of what is going on in most groups? I am sure the others that disagree with me but I would like to see the energy that would be put into this project put into consolidating and improving our existing communication. Please forgive me if this seems like a rant. I usually like most folks lurk on this list because I wish to know what is going on in the kingdom and for a change I thought I would add my thoughts to the discussion Regards, *LD Zachariah Lochrie* *(mka) Zachary McDonald* o()xxxx[{::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Mark Schuldenfrei <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 11/11/2013 8:32 PM, Daniel Brizendine wrote: > >> Roise I would ask you how you feel with your interperation of the >> newsletter within current Kingdom law. It is not in fact the issue that >> what is legal in the East or An Tir or any other Kingdom potentially not >> legal in the Calontir. As a newbie I am just asking a question, please >> remember I am still newish. >> > > Calontir must and should do what works for Calontir. > > In this particular case, the East Kingdom Gazette is not an > SCA activity. It's written and managed by SCA people, and > they write about the SCA. But it's no different than if it > was written by Contract Bridge people about Contract > Bridge. > > It's not unusual for people to think "it has something to do > with the SCA, the SCA must run it and make rules about it". > That's so common, friends of mine have been making silly > references to it for nigh onto 20 years. [1] > > But it's not necessary. Sometimes, the best thing to do (like > the original Kingdom web pages and Kingdom mailing lists, > or current Kingdom Facebook pages) is to just do things, and > see if the Corporation ever catches up. :-) > > Tibor > > [1] I think my friend Steffan coined the Cascading Bureaucracy Meme > about 20 years ago: > "We can, therefore we do. > We do, therefore we have always done. > We have always done, therefore we must always do. > We must always do, therefore an officer must oversee the doing. > There is an officer, therefore we must report. > We must report, else we will lose our tax status." > > Compare and contrast to "Justin's Rules of Good Bureaucracy": > Don't make a Law if a Policy will do. > Don't make a Policy if Custom suffices decently well. > And don't try to change Custom if things aren't broken > in the first place" >