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[stitchwhich]

I'm torn. With the breaking of the news about the accommodations at Atlantian 12Night, I am loathe to attend. I have a feeling of betrayal. $18 to attend (member cost) and you cannot bring any beverages or food into the venue, but must eat in the hotel restaurant, whose prices are apparently around $15-20 per diner. That is just for lunch. If you wish beverages, you must buy them from the restaurant or the hotel bar.

None of us in our khanate have a lot of recreational funds right now. One is without a job at all. But we agreed to host the gaming room, which was to be open all day. There are only five of us. Do we go and cheat the rules by gingerly sneaking in beverages we can afford, and take turns dining in our cars while in the parking lot, or do we send a message to the autocrat saying that in light of the information she'd withheld for months, we are withdrawing from staff?

Which is the most ethical way to handle it? I could, perhaps, release everyone except myself and man the room alone, drinking hotel-provided water and reducing the hours of the game room to just the afternoon. Maybe that would be the best solution since I was the one who'd she had approached and who'd taken it to the khanate.

I am disgusted and feel tricked. I'm angry.

Comments

[tedeisenstein]

Events should not force attendees to go into debt. Write the autocrat to regretfully withdraw the gaming stuff on account of expense. Include a statement (in strong language) that she not withhold information, in the future.)