Randy wrote:Can't we all get along?!
In general, over the past 22 years of playing amtgard and having been autocrat for dozens of events and on the crat team for nearly 50, the autocrat signs the contracts. How does this happen? Because the BOD has reviewed the bid and provided their approval. The copora (bylaws) only state that the BOD "Deal with any government or outside agencies, businesses, or organizations, or any of the local chapter’s subsidiary chapters with regard to contractual obligations. " That doesn't mean they are unable to allow an autocrat the authority to sign contracts.
It hurts me that instead of sitting around the table talking these issues out, our leaders are choosing to enter into petty politics and he said/she said antics. I'm wish I lived in an area where I could play amtgard 1/2 as much as you all have the ability too. I also wish you would make the events a little closer to southern lands, though it won't matter much since i'm about to deploy again.
Please for the sake of California Amtgard, put aside your differences and chose to work together rather than against one another. IF anything, send me the contract, I'll sign it.
With the exception of Spring War, I know of zero major events that have BoD oversight on how they are run. It has always been the monarch appointing an autocrat to run the event.
An autocrat is nothing more than the monarchy's representative for running the event. The worry I have with having this person with the authority to sign contracts on the kingdom's behalf is that it opens the door to abuse. This is why we have the BoD act as the buffer between mundane and in-game: to prevent a single person from making contractual obligations that the kingdom is then required to be responsible for.
My question is, should the BoD be given the power to veto? The Corpora doesn't give them that power now. Do we want them to have that power?