Life Is Not Purgatory
Saturday, June 09, 2007
The End of LRPS
... a long time coming.
This Thursday I drove up from Edmonton to chair a meeting of the Live Role Playing Society, in the wake of the resignation of the President and Vice-President. As Past-President, the chair falls to me, then the others of the Executive in succession. When the Secretary and I talked the day after the resignation, I was surprised to learn that she of all people had been convinced that the Society needed to be dissolved, given that I had asked for the very same thing 18-months earlier.
I half expected to be greeted with acrimony and resentment amongst the members, as it was sure to be a bad sign when I drive 3.5 hours to Edmonton, and walk into the meeting holding the gavel. What I got was a unanimous vote to disband the Society, ceasing day-to-day operations immediately, and wrapping up all financial an bureaucratic requirements within six months.
It is my hope that a Phoenix will rise from the ashes in some form, and already there are discussions as to what the successor organization may look like. I think that is a good sign, perhaps with the vibrant and active gaming community in Edmonton we can form some form of gaming network that can help the hobby, without all the baggage that LRPS carried for so long.
... a long time coming.
This Thursday I drove up from Edmonton to chair a meeting of the Live Role Playing Society, in the wake of the resignation of the President and Vice-President. As Past-President, the chair falls to me, then the others of the Executive in succession. When the Secretary and I talked the day after the resignation, I was surprised to learn that she of all people had been convinced that the Society needed to be dissolved, given that I had asked for the very same thing 18-months earlier.
I half expected to be greeted with acrimony and resentment amongst the members, as it was sure to be a bad sign when I drive 3.5 hours to Edmonton, and walk into the meeting holding the gavel. What I got was a unanimous vote to disband the Society, ceasing day-to-day operations immediately, and wrapping up all financial an bureaucratic requirements within six months.
It is my hope that a Phoenix will rise from the ashes in some form, and already there are discussions as to what the successor organization may look like. I think that is a good sign, perhaps with the vibrant and active gaming community in Edmonton we can form some form of gaming network that can help the hobby, without all the baggage that LRPS carried for so long.
