[Penguicon-Concom] [penguicon-general] Danger!! I've been thinking

Ron Blanchett muteid10t at gmail.com
Mon Jun 16 16:37:43 GMT 2008


The Giving away part is still a grey area, in Michigan you can not
give away or sell an alcoholic beverage for less than it's wholesale
price. So if we pay $24 for a 24 pack of bottles then we technically
have to sell them for a dolor each. Loop hole, give tickets to each
con member that are valued at the cost of what we paid for for one
drink.......

-Ron

On 6/16/08, Jer <jer.lance at gmail.com> wrote:
> Umm, hold up... let's bring on the sanity.
>
> Room parties: No need for liquor license. You are a private individual
> throwing a party in your private room. So long as you're not violating any
> standard drinking laws (serving minors, etc) no special license is
> necessary.
>
> Consuite: We are giving away the hotel's beer in a restaurant that holds a
> liquor license. So long as we obey the terms within our contract, Penguicon
> is legit.
>
> Consuite the old way: We were (debatably) breaking the law. The law is
> suitably vague when it comes to social clubs, membership clubs, and liquor
> distribution within such. We were certainly within a grey area. We are no
> longer.
>
> --
>  jer
>  jer.lance at gmail.com
>  http://www.ibloviate.org
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The state sells temporary Beverage Permits.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/16/08, Neal Dudley <neal.dudley at utoledo.edu> wrote:
> > > If that is the case, how then can there be Oktoberfest parties?  And
> given
> > >  that case, how do we get similar legal permission for the delegation of
> > >  copious amounts of alcoholic beverages?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 6/16/08 3:22 PM, "Ron Blanchett" <muteid10t at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  > I am going to take just a second to point out that technically every
> > >  > year Penguicon has Given Free beer out in the ConSuite has been a
> > >  > violation of Michigan Beverage Law.
> > >  >
> > >  > No Business in the State of Michigan can give away beer to anyone and
> > >  > no business in the state can provide beer without a beverage license.
> > >  >
> > >  > So if we are going to get technical about this idea we should have
> > >  > been technical about the Beer issue for the last 6 years.
> > >  >
> > >  > I am not trying to rain on the Beer in ConSuite parade just pointing
> > >  > out the details.
> > >  > And the gambling law thing is a good reason maybe not to have a
> > >  > charity poker tournament.
> > >  >
> > >  > -Ron
> > >  >
> > >  > On 6/16/08, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  >> Sarah,
> > >  >>  that was an auction, not a casino tournament, so there was no
> trouble
> > >  >>  to prevent.
> > >  >>
> > >  >> -Matt
> > >  >>
> > >  >>
> > >  >>  On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM, LadySarah
> <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  >>> I'm going to bet someone who remembers how we handled the auction
> to benefit
> > >  >>> Tracy was handled is still around, they should be able to tell us
> what we
> > >  >>> did to keep from being in trouble with that one. :)
> > >  >>>
> > >  >>> Sarah
> > >  >>>
> > >  >>> Lady Sarah, que_sara_sara
> > >  >>> "I don't know man, I didn't do it." ~~Mal2
> > >  >>> Programming Assistant, Penguicon 6.0
> > >  >>> The Chocolate Goddess, coming soon to a con near you
> > >  >>> Warrior Princess of the Clan of the Lonely Goatherd
> > >  >>> IWG Wench #539 MCL, Local 69
> > >  >>> Scarlet B. Harlot, Figure Head for the Scarlet Harlot -- Privateer
> #36
> > >  >>> W3NCH, the HAM Radio Wench
> > >  >>> "...because you can't spell Wench with an 8!"
> > >  >>>
> > >  >>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gini <zoethe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> It's not a bad thought, assuming all the other logistics could be
> solved,
> > >  >>>> but we would have to make it clear that it's a donation event, but
> not
> > >  >>>> really a charity event - unless Tom has registered as a charity,
> we're just
> > >  >>>> making a gift to him, not making a tax-deductible charitable
> donation.  It
> > >  >>>> might seem nit-picky, but these legal differences can really trip
> people
> > >  >>>> up.  And it still runs up against the gambling laws.
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> Gini
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a
> rest.
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> -Dumas
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> --- On Mon, 6/16/08, LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> From: LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com>
> > >  >>>> Subject: Re: [Penguicon-Concom] [penguicon-general] Danger!! I've
> been
> > >  >>>> thinking
> > >  >>>> To: penguicon-general at penguicon.org
> > >  >>>> Cc: "Penguicon Concom Discussion List" <concom at penguicon.org>
> > >  >>>> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:21 AM
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> Can I suggest a worthy charity?
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> Our own Tom Smith has just had knee surgery to fix a torn tendon
> and will
> > >  >>>> shortly (prolly this week) be having the 6th surgery to correct a
> "birth
> > >  >>>> defect" they've been trying to correct all his life.  Tom has been
> making
> > >  >>>> his living off just his music for the past several years and has
> zero
> > >  >>>> insurance.  I know we did a lot to help Tracy through her cancer,
> maybe we
> > >  >>>> can help Tom now?
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> Sarah
> > >  >>>> (brain almost back on the planet)
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> Lady Sarah, que_sara_sara
> > >  >>>> "I don't know man, I didn't do it." ~~Mal2
> > >  >>>> Programming Assistant, Penguicon 6.0
> > >  >>>> The Chocolate Goddess, coming soon to a con near you
> > >  >>>> Warrior Princess of the Clan of the Lonely Goatherd
> > >  >>>> IWG Wench #539 MCL, Local 69
> > >  >>>> Scarlet B. Harlot, Figure Head for the Scarlet Harlot -- Privateer
> #36
> > >  >>>> W3NCH, the HAM Radio Wench
> > >  >>>> "...because you can't spell Wench with an 8!"
> > >  >>>>
> > >  >>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Ron Blanchett
> <muteid10t at gmail.com>
> > >  >>>> wrote:
> > >  >>>>>
> > >  >>>>> A charity casino event would be much harder to pull off and would
> > >  >>>>> require a lot more work just to get off the ground and way more
> > >  >>>>> function space to run. This is why just a poker event is on the
> table
> > >  >>>>> right now and also because I don't have the resources or the
> interest
> > >  >>>>> in a full blown casino event.
> > >  >>>>>
> > >  >>>>> On 6/16/08, Jefferson Fury <gyrovagus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  >>>>>> My thought is that Texas Hold'em is not poker.  It is the
> watered-down
> > >  >>>>>>  bastard offspring of poker and had it been born to Romulans
> would have
> > >  >>>>>>  been mercilessly killed at birth.  Why not have real poker?
> Maybe
> > >  >>>>>>  even expand it to "charity casino event" and have blackjack,
> craps,
> > >  >>>>>>  roulette?
> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>  -moatn
> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>  On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Ron Blanchett
> <muteid10t at gmail.com>
> > >  >>>>>> wrote:
> > >  >>>>>>> I have been throwing this thought around for the last couple of
> > >  >>>>>> days:
> > >  >>>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>> What does everyone think of having a charity poker tournament
> this
> > >  >>>>>>> year at Penguicon???
> > >  >>>>>>> It would be Texas Hold'em Poker and all the Money used to buy
> into
> > >  >>>>>>> said tournament would go to a charity of Penguicon's choice. I
> know
> > >  >>>>>> at
> > >  >>>>>>> least one of our GoH's (if he shows up this time) likes to play
> and
> > >  >>>>>>> there should be at least a few other people that would be into
> it.
> > >  >>>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>> Thoughts, interest, concerns welcome.
> > >  >>>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>> -Ron
> > >  >>>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>> --
> > >  >>>>>>> Fred Allen  - "Imitation is the sincerest form of television."
> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>>
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> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>  --
> > >  >>>>>>  Notice: I change my name every day. I'm the "man of a thousand
> names."
> > >  >>>>>>  If you met me prior to 3/17/08 you might remember me as Misha.
> > >  >>>>>>
> > >  >>>>>>  http://www.menomenology.com/man/
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