BOUNCE ansteorra at eden.com: Admin request (fwd)

[Richard Bainter]

>From ansteorra-owner at eden.com  Thu Sep 19 16:06:51 1996
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From: Leslie Miller <miller at pp.okstate.edu>
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> /The other thing that it might do for Ansteorra is provide Princes and 
> /Princesses who can support the little groups in out-of-the-way 
> /places.  It would, in my opinion, really help the growth of the 
> /kingdom overall, because the smaller groups would have more support.  
> /Ok, so such and such a shire may not be able to bid successfully for 
> /Crown or Coronation... they probably *could* get Principality events 
> /which would have a good turnout.  It would increase the pomp and 
> //circumstance of their events to have the Prince and Princess show up. 
> /I really do think that principalities would benefit the smaller groups.
> 
> 
> /Gunhilda 
> 
> We have a large problem getting groups to apply to sponsor Kingdom events
> now. Having groups apply for hosting Principality and Kingdom events will
> make the field more scarce and possibly burden the groups more.

Well, that's a point I hadn't considered in regards to some Kingdom 
events, it's true.  If you can't get someone to submit bids for 
things like Kingdom Warlord or Kingdom Eisteddfod (sp?!), adding 
Principality events would certainly not help the situation.

I was actually basing my argument on personal experience 
here where I know we submitted many bids throughout the years 
for Crown or Coronation before we finally got one.  The 
reasons for it are really quite simple: firstly, we're way out 
of the way for the majority of Ansteorrans.  Who wants to drive all 
the way up here when the event could be held in a more central area?  That 
wouldn't be so true in regards to a principality.  (That's also a 
strong point in favor of Sir Kief's proposal for a rotating system 
for kingdom events.)  Secondly, it might rightfully be questioned 
whether a small shire could adequately host a huge event like 
Crown or Coronation.  Principality events might provide smaller groups the 
opportunity for hosting events which are almost certain to be 
*successful* (we only had about 100 people show to Kingdom Dance 
Symposium, and if we hadn't worked to pay off the site in advance, we 
would have lost money), but may not be overwhelming to them (like 700 
people for Coronation).  That, at least, was my original line of thinking.

> Some groups do well to get through their required number of events per year.

And some groups have trouble finding a non-reserved calendar date to hold 
theirs, which certainly wouldn't be helped by having principality 
events.

Gunhilda



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