Dan's involvement with the Fantasy Club

["Kris Ames" <kris@cioe.com>]

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> From: Lyle H Janney <lhjanney@adpc.purdue.edu>
> To: AQ Moderators List (orig) (E-mail) <gmlist@cioe.com>
> Subject: RE: witchsmeller
> Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 11:30 AM
> 
> 
> 
> Problem: Other GM's want to change the rules used by the campaign.
> 
> Premises:
> 
> P1) Dan started a campaign in 1976 (originally using D&D or
something very close
>     thereto; the system used has since become AQ:Jaern
exclusively).
> P2) The Fantasy Club has always, except in certain instances
wrought with personal
>     interest and politicking, acted as host to Dan's Campaign.
> P3) Dan wrote AQ (regardless of the Fantasy Club's assistance, Dan
owns the work).
> 
> Logic:
> 
> L1) The current AQ:Jaern campaign is Dan's campaign (P1, P2)
> L2) Dan decides the rules to be used in the current campaign (P3,
L1)
> 
> Concusion:
> 
> Other GM's cannot change the rules used by the campaign,
regardless of Dan's
> acquiescence to listen to ideas for rules modifications (P4, L2)
> 
> Alternatives: (only one premise is mutable)
> 
> P2') The Fantasy Club no longer hosts Dan's Campaign (note: from
this point on,
> it no longer matters whether the campaign run by the Fantasy Club
is AQ or not).
> 
> Dan has twice himself pointed out that possibility (though, since
the campaign is
> his, I would posit that all campaign materials are also his, so he
has no real need
> to provide duplicates of character records despite his overly kind
offer to do so).
> 
> The logic is clear.  You want a democracy.  You want to put things
to vote.  Do so.
> Since the club is a _student_ organization, let the students, and
the students alone,
> decide this Saturday what the final disposition of the campaign
should be.  It would
> be wise to present the sides of the vote so that all students may
make an informed
> decision.  I will be there at least for the beginning of the
evening; if Sean is also
> there, then we, as Staff Advisors, can moderate the vote.  Once
the vote is complete,
> the matter is settled, pure and simple.  If the result is to
maintain the status quo, be
> reminded that a democratic vote may, in fact, result in a loss of
democracy.  Dan has
> twice made his offer.  Are you willing to stand up for your
convictions?
> 
> Lyle
> 
>

Just a side note here.  Dan ownes all the small character cards, not
the big ones or the big box.  These items were purchased with Club
funds during a previous disagreement from Dan.

I agree this issue needs to be resolved.  I feel that it would very
sad if things resulted in Dan having nothing at all to do with the
Purdue Fantasy club anymore, but since things have become an "all or
none" issue, that is one possible outcome.  If things are going to
come to a vote, I feel that more than one week is required to make
sure that Students know to show up.  Most of us on this list are not
students or faculty, us being the ones to show up and vote is
meaningless.  We need the students there.  (by the way does part
time student count?).

-Kris