Re: Constables, warfare, and politics...

["Terry L. Neill" <longshipco@hotmail.com>]

Poster: "Terry L. Neill" <longshipco@hotmail.com>

I wrote:

>> The office of Constable is not used in Atlantia.  Those functions >> 
are the responsibility of the Autocrat, who gets volunteers to run >> 
the gate (called the Troll here) and to run security.

Richard asked:
>*How is security at large events handled? All untrained volunteers? 
>Does not the BOD require constables? Forgive my ignorance I am yet a 
>"novice" in the Society. Has there ever been a problem at an event 
>worthy of discussing?

No, the BoD does not require the ofice of Constable.

The largest camping event in Atlantia is Emerald Joust.  Similar to 
Egil's Tourney in that it is a prize tourney over Memorial Day Weekend.  
But at most less than 800 people attend.  Altantia is smaller in 
population than An Tir.  (~1500+ people attend Egil's Tourney last I 
heard.  765 attended Emerald Joust 1996.)

Having autocratted both events, I appreciate having the constabulary. In 
An Tir I could hand over the duties of fire watch, taking money at the 
gate, and night patrol to the Adiantum Constable and let him do his 
thing.

For Emerald Joust I recruited a volunteer to be in charge of the Gate 
and one to be in charge of fire watch and night patrol.  They, in turn, 
recruited volunteers to stand different watches.

The person who volunteered to be in charge of security has run security 
before at events.

There has been at least one major problem at an Atlantian event that I 
know of.  In that case, the police were called.  In my opinion it is not 
the duty of Security or the Constabulary to deal with major problems.  
They have safety concerns, like fire watch, and concerns of our own 
regulations, like people parking in the correct place, and following 
site rules.  They have no 20th century law enforcement powers or duties.

Regards!


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Terry L. Neill                          Anarra Karlsdottir
The Longship Company, Ltd.              Bright Hills, Atlantia
www.wam.umd.edu/~eowyn/Longship/        Østvik Vikings

            It Takes a Viking to Raze a Village

longshipco@hotmail.com


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