Join us for Lupercalia MMIX, February 13 to 15, 2009, the TENTH annual celebration of the Ancient Roman festival. This year's will be bigger and better as we expand the weekend-long fetish and fantasy event in a new venue.
 

The first annual EOS Formal Protocol Dinner will be held on Saturday, June 19, 2004. The venue will be the beautiful River Valley Place at the Kinsmen Centre.

For EOS members and their special guests only.

The first annual EOS Formal Protocol Dinner will be held on Saturday, June 19, 2004. The venue will be the beautiful River Valley Place at the Kinsmen Centre.

For EOS members and their special guests only.

Note: The training referred to is simply how to serve at a formal dinner. We are fortunate that Jim at Boots has offered to share his knowledge with us.

All slaves/submissives wishing to attend this special event must have completed the required service training.

Interested slaves/submissives may contact nancy jo.

ninjamiss@shaw.ca

Although EOS is decidedly NOT a protocol driven group, there are members who have expressed a desire to learn more and perhaps incorporate formal protocol into some aspects of their BDSM lives. Those members will have the chance to experience these protocols at the 1st Annual EOS Dinner. From the research that the committee has done, it is clear that when it is well done, using formal protocols can be a beautiful and moving expression of our lifestyle.
 

General Protocols/Dress

Dominants:

-will treat all submissives with the respect they deserve
-will keep their hands to themselves
- will at all times behave using proper etiquette and table manners

Submissives:

-will not speak unless spoken to
- will use the titles Sir and Ma’am when answering a Dominant
-will be as unobtrusive and inconspicous as possible
-will be seen but not heard
These protocols will be followed at all times. If a submissive acts out, and after being warned once, does not behave, they will be treated in one of two ways. It will be the butler’s responsibility to deal with all misbehaving submissives and to take them to the Master of the house and he will either:

- take them to their Dominant;explain the infraction
- if the submissive has arrived unaccompanied then the Master of the house will send the submissive home.

NO PUNISHMENT WILL BE ADMINISTERED AT THE DINNER.

Any EOS member in good standing is welcome to attend this special event. Ticket prices will be dictated by the number of attendees.

Updates will be posted here on the EOS website. You may also join our listserv to get current information.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/river_valley_protocol/

Remember, all service, especially in public, is about beauty and grace in movement, fluidity and unobtrusiveness.

- A Quote from Master Vic

Simply put....the Dominants will be served and the submissives will serve.

Servers and footmen are required. A good attitude and awareness of one's place is necessary.

DRESS CODES for submissives

the women will wear:
- a black skirt
- white shirt
- black apron
-black hose
- black flat shoes
-NO jewellery is to be worn unless it is a dress collar or wedding bands
-NO or minimal makeup
the men will wear
- black pants
- white shirt
- black bow tie
- black socks
- black shoes

DRESS CODES for Dominants
- formal/semi-formal attire
-dress pants, shirt and tie
- all black

* no runners or jeans

Emily Post (1922) is a great source of info:

http://www.bartleby.com/95/

Some job descriptions of servants:

http://www.pbs.org/manorhouse/thepeople/index.html

Formal Service:

http://www.cuisinenet.com/digest/custom/etiquette/serving.shtml

Fiction from the early 19th Century:

The planning committee has done extensive research on Formal Protocols.

We have gathered information from many different sources, including Emily Post's 1920 treatise on Formal Dining, the Butlers' Guild, Master Vic from the Georgia Formal BDSM group and Sir Scott, Mr. Edmonton Leather.

After much discussion we have adopted a list of protocols that will be in effect during the 1st Annual Formal Protocol Dinner..

Duties of Servers

Pre-dinner

- set the table
-light all table centres
- make sure all water glasses are full
-make sure all condiments/bread baskets are full and placed on the tables

During dinner

- serve the Dominants
-take care of their needs in the dining room

Post dinner

- clear up the tables and take all dirty dishes into the kitchen
- take linens off of tables and make sure they are put away properly to be taken back to the supplier
-eat dinner
-make sure floor is clear of any dropped food items so that if people want to dance after dinner they can do so safely.