[Ansteorra] Event Limits?

[Bob Dewart]

Some groups don't have landed folks.

No, it's a bad thing.
1.    Reduces opportunities to get awards given to populace.
2.    Will increase court times. Instead of being able to have the awards
given at several events during the year it will now be at only one for
Shires and Cantons.
3.    Non calendar events are not well attended.  We know, we do several a
year now.  And most groups don't do them.
4.    Reduces by half the income for Shires and Cantons and by a third for
Baronies.
5.    Reduces the amount of choices and varity of events to go to.

I hate to say it, but the reason the Kingdom calendar is too full is because
the Kingdom is too big.  Now there is politically incorrect thought.

I will email the Crown tomorrow.  It's too late tonight to do so
effectively.  But item one above really bothers me.

Gilli
Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Tucker" <mtucker at airmail.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Event Limits?


>
> On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 10:16  PM, Bob Dewart wrote:
>
> > Also, when and where was it proposed?  I've seen no such discussion on
> > such
> > a monumental change in how we do business discussed or even mentioned
> > on the
> > RT list.
> >
> > Gilli
> >
>
> Hi, Gilli:
>
> This was announced by Their Majesties Ulsted and Cateau at King's Round
> Table (the "Red Tape" event) back on July 19, to the Barons and
> Baronesses in fief and any other officers who were present. I learned
> about it from Godwin and Lissa (Baron and Baroness of Stargate) when
> they got home from the event. It was not put to them as a suggestion by
> the Their Majesties, but rather it was announced to them as a change
> that was going to be made, along with an explanation of why.
>
> To answer Johann Kiefer Hayden's question: yes, the calendar is "that
> crowded". It's been "that crowded" for years, which is why the kingdom
> installed the present limit on events. But Their Majesties evidently
> feel that those limits haven't been successful, hence the lower limits.
>
> As Meadhbh said, this change will be made to Kingdom Law, although it
> hasn't been made yet (so I suppose there's still time to discuss the
> change with the Kingdom Seneschal and Their Majesties).
>
> If you have any questions about this, you should contact the Kingdom
> Seneschal (seneschal at ansteorra.org) or Their Majesties
> (crown at ansteorra.org), or your local Baron and Baroness (who should
> have heard about this first-hand at Round Table). Or raise the subject
> on Red Tape, as a couple of you have suggested.
>
> Personally, I feel that this change is a Good Thing(tm), and should
> encourage us to have fewer, but better, events. It should encourage
> more groups to bid for kingdom events (such as King's College), which
> often go begging for bids at present (or just don't get held). (There's
> a list of these events in Kingdom Law.) It should also encourage events
> that are hosted by multiple groups, pooling their efforts to pull off
> truly spectacular events.
>
> Finally, it doesn't prevent groups from hosting extra events if they
> want to; those events just can't be on the (very crowded) Kingdom
> Calendar. The only difference this makes is whether armigerous awards
> can be given out at the event. Holding events, even if not on the
> Kingdom Calendar, is still a lot more fun than selling "band candy", or
> any of the ways that other hobbyists raise money to pay for their
> group's expenses. :-)
>
> Yours in service,
> Michael Silverhands
>
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