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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.

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Date: 2018-01-08 07:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kareina
If you opt to withdraw you and/or your staff from the event you should write to the Hotel, and explain to them why you chose to do so, and that their policy has severely impacted the event, and that you will be writing to everyone involved with the event organization letting them know that you strongly recommend against doing business with that hotel ever again.

Alternatively, call the hotel now and request a modification to their rules for everyone who is supposed to work at the event and suffers from health issues that limit their food options. If they say yes then widely advertise this to everyone in the SCA, and, perhaps, you will be surprised to see just how many people with such health issues celebrate by bringing their own food.
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