[Ansteorra] Event Limits?
Michael Tucker
mtucker at airmail.net
Mon Aug 18 21:43:09 PDT 2003
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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