[Ansteorra] Seeking To Aid The Kingdom Of Ansteorra

[Barat]

Relax people.

The map in the Black Star is not there so people can get to an event. 
It's simple there to show in what general area each group is located. 
It's not 100% accurate. Big deal. If someone is looking to contact a 
group they are not going to jump in their car and drive there using 
that map.

As for why the kingdom chronicler has not used a more accurate map: I 
would guess he has significantly more important things to spend his 
time on - such as fixing the "high quality" event announcements some 
groups submit to him. Actually I don't have to guess, he does have more 
important things to spend his time on than this.

For those of you who have not held the office of Kingdom Chronicler you 
should be aware that it is significantly more work than most would 
think. Bad event announcements that have to be fixed, late event 
announcements that are the norm and not the exception, people 
complaining that their contact information is wrong - without ever 
taking the time to send in a correction first (or complaining on the 
mailing list rather than talking to him directly). Did you see the 
beautiful site handout at AAA? That was produced by our kingdom 
chronicler in his spare time.

To be blunt, the current kingdom chronicler is producing the best 
looking Black Star this kingdom has ever seen. For that matter, he is 
producing a better kingdom newsletter than any other kingdom has ever 
seen (and yes, I have seen what the other kingdoms produce). He is, 
somewhat to my annoyance, producing a better looking kingdom newsletter 
than I did. Partly that is do to his access to low cost color 
duplication equipment. But it is mostly due to his hard work.

To H.L. Alexander Ravenshaw I say good work and keep it up. Some of us 
appreciate your hard work on our behalf.

________________________

H.L. Barat FitzWalter Reynolds
Former Kingdom Chronicler - Kingdom of Ansteorra
M.K.A. Stephen Pursley
Sr. Graphic Designer / Web Master - ClimateMaster, Inc.
Adjunct Professor of Graphic Communications - Oklahoma City Community 
College


On Jul 20, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Ian Dun Gillan wrote:

> Greetings,
> The map on the kingdom web page was adjusted more along those lines of 
> what
> you are referring to and as stated copies are available to the 
> chronicler I
> am not sure why he has not used them. The web site version is much more
> accurate. Please take a look at it and let me know privately where you 
> see
> any issues.
>
> I am not making excuses just trying to explain so please understand 
> that
> when you start making an image small enough to fit into the Black star 
> and
> still be readable precision gets difficult. Having groups appear in as 
> close
> proximity as possible is what was wanted when the map was made and to 
> keep
> them from running together and still be visible becomes a challenge. 
> Using
> the period styles this is not so much an issue.
>
> I did the map as a service and to replace the very basic ones that 
> were used
> before (no offense to their creator). If people want me to do another I
> would be very willing to do so. If you wanted some one else to do one I
> would definitely not be offended either. My thoughts in providing the 
> maps
> were to use the skills and talents I have to give a little back to the 
> SCA
> that I have gotten so much out of.
>
> Kind regards,
> Laird Ian Dun Gillan
>
>
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