COVID-19 Update

To the Kanar Gaming Enterprises Community,

As you're very much aware, everyone is experiencing the effects of COVID-19 - from social distancing, to closed restaurants, to discussions about lowering the curve. The Safety Staff (Kiri) and the Board of Directors have been monitoring this situation and discussing options. The conclusion is an obvious one, though not one we hoped for: cancelling the April event.

After discussion with staff members, we have come up with some alternatives for our active members:

1. If you are up to date on payments, have submitted an ARF, and either attended the March event OR purchased a Season Pass, you will be allowed to submit a free sign-out within the normal window of time for the April event (April 3-13). Please do not submit a sign-out prior to April 3, as our staff are still working to complete March's updates. If you are a Season Pass holder, you will be afforded 30 XP points.  Please make sure to mark it in your sign out.  If you are not a Season Pass holder, you will be given the normal 18.  You will still be allowed to perform between-event actions as normal, including crafting.

2. The GM team has stated that a Mystic Quill is still being worked on.  If you feel like providing some articles, feel free to submit to quill@kanar.club.

3. We are in talks with BLD/Adopt-A-Road about ways to earn some volunteer XP while still following safety protocols.

4. I am hoping that other staff will post ways which players can earn volunteer XP during this break as well.

I've directed our volunteer bookkeeper (Matt) to get in contact with those who were missing items, so that they may partake in this - those emails were sent out a couple of days ago. If you have any thoughts or discussions, please email the appropriate staff members.

I know this is not what we would like. However, safety is our utmost concern and we must do what we must to maintain it. We will evaluate future events within the same time frame (roughly 2 weeks from event) and make decisions then. Thank you all for your continued effort to make this community great. If you have specific questions for me, please email them at president@kanar.club.

Erich Okonowski
President

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Open Safety Staff Position

The Safety Staff is looking for volunteers!

As Kanar’s Safety team, we’re here to make sure players stay safe and healthy. Our primary job is responding to medical issues that arise on the field of play; this includes things like checking cuts and sprains, treatment for dehydration, and getting more seriously injured players proper medical attention. As this is a job done during events, we ask that volunteers make sure they can attend events regularly.

If you have medical experience (especially first responder training) and are interested in joining the Safety team, please email safety@kanar.club or find Kiri (Margaret) at an event.

Thank you for your interest,
Kiri B.
Safety First

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Introducing the Lamplighters' Guild (spots open!)

Introducing the Lamplighters' Guild

Are you a new player interested in helping the community while making some in-character coin in the process?

In collaboration with GM staff, we’re excited to introduce a new in-game group called the Lamplighters’ Guild! Charged with keeping the dark streets of Ilveresh safely lit each night, a character working for the Lamplighters’ Guild will receive payment (in-game coin) for each day worked and a small magic item as a badge of office. Tasks include:

• Fill and set out torches at the beginning of each event

• Re-fill torches before dark each night

• Light torches at nightfall

• Collect and store torches at the end of each event

If this sounds like something you and your character would be interested in, please email safety@kanar.club or find Kiri (Margaret) at an event for more details!

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