Oh boy. OK -- at the risk of making myself very unpopular here, can I ask a few questions? Because this doesn't make any sense to me...
First: how do the greyhound adoption groups, the AKC and the NGA have any jurisdiction of what we do with our private pets in a private club? Unless animals were being abused or some other law was being broken, I don't understand how they would have any say over what we do, or need a society- level hound position in order to communicate with us. Second: if a Kingdom choses to have a position titled Houndmaster or Mistress, how would that affect whether I (or anyone) could speak with the above groups? If there were a serious problem, wouldn't that be a legal/ seneschal/BoD sort of area anyway? Finally, what interest would a state gambling commission have in us and our coursing activities if no money is being bet? I'm pretty sure in California it is illegal to bet money on anything, period. If that were happening in our group, again, wouldn't this be a legal/seneschal/BoD issue? And -- just because I am curious, I'll play devil's advocate: our kingdom allows a type of "betting" -- I think they use little trinkets and beads (not money) and bet on period card games. This breaks no CA laws. If that group were to do a similar activity at a coursing event: ie: bet little trinkets on the best crash or most valiant courser, etc., what sort of laws/issues would be faced? Please be gentle, I'm not trying to start WWIII here but am only asking because I have never heard of the issues being raised in Rebecca/Elizabeth's email and I want to make sure I do fully understand. Christiaen --- In [email protected], Willa - Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone know anything different about this issue? > Which kingdoms have their written appointment in place? > Yasmeena > Artemisia > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:27:44 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have recently spoken with Mistress Elizabeth Curry. She asked me > > to post this information to the site. She recently received a > > letter from the BOD stating that it will not recognize the position > > of Society Houndsmaster/mistress. This is due to the fact that we > > do not need any special insurance to course the hounds. Mistress > > Elizabeth is appealing this decision because she has acted as the > > liason between the Society and other groups so that we can continue > > to course. Namely state gambling commissions, greyhound adoption > > groups, AKC and NGA. Since we do NOT allow betting, points, etc > > these other groups have not taken issue with us. She would like to > > keep it that way. This being said, she asked me to pass on to all > > Kingdom Houndsmasters that you will need to get a letter from you > > Royals appointing you as the Kingdom Houndmaster. This needs to be > > in writting not just a verbal OK. This will give you standing if > > you need to act as the liason with any of the aforementioned groups, > > since her status is presently in limbo. Good luck. > > > > THL Rebecca with the Greyhound, Meridies Houndmistress > > > > If you want to hear the patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on my > > dogs > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > --------------------~--> > > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. > > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/PJ_qlB/TM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mu'allemah Yasmeena, OL, OP, Cd'O, etc. > "The Equestrian Mistress" > Minister of the Royal Stables of Artemisia > Mounted Companion of the Lance of St. Anne > http://lanceofstanne.homestead.com/yasmeena.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
