[Ansteorra] Event Calendar

Sat Jan 1 20:59:03 PST 2011

Lady Elspeth,

Being a college student costs a small fortune as well, I understand all to
well not having access to the Black Star.

To compound the problem, many event websites don't specify dates. It makes
it fairly difficult when trying to decide on events:

Dear Event Steward,

I was thinking about attending your event later this month. After reading
the event's website I have a few questions:

What day is your event on? Where is the event going to be located? Is it a
camping event? When does site open? When does site close? What are the A&S
and bardic competitions mentioned on the site? Is there feast? What is the
feast fee?

Thank you for your time

-- Me

Alessandro,

Please see the event website for details about our event which happens
tomorrow.

--Event Steward.

I understand that people get busy and that most events have a very ad hoc
nature to them... but seriously, a few ounces of planing wouldn't hurt in
these things. We should have a kingdom standardised checklist of things that
an event's website MUST have available. It also wouldn't hurt to have the
kingdom calendar updated with the details fo the event date as details were
hammered out.

Then again, you run into the problem of trying to find the right event
website for the event you are looking at going to, several times I've done a
google search for an event and come across three or four outdated websites
from previous years. In fact, if you do a google search for "Steppes
Artisan" the top three sites are different ones (one upcoming, the one from
2010, and the one from 2007). Now, combine that with the fact that you are
lucky to get a date on the event website, much less a year; so you sit there
waiting to hear back from the event steward (who may or may not get back to
you in enough time to plan to attend an event) staring at three or four
different websites for the same event.

What should happen, is the kingdom site should host webspace for PED events
and integrate the whole shebang. It can't be that hard with modern
technology to do that. The event website should be content-checked by the
kingdom webmaster (to ensure that all required information is available),
and then taken down once the event is over. Having everything integrated and
centralized will make the transmission of information faster and less
error-prone. I can't understand why it hasn't been done yet, but I'm just a
young wippersnapper and haven't been around long enough to understand.

-- AS Zorzi

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:00 PM, elspeth013 at hotmail.com <
elspeth013 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I find some of the responses to this a tad harsh.
>
> I, for the first time in over 7 years, find that we are unable to be paid
> members of the SCA.  A senior in high school takes a small fortune.   Since
> we are not card carrying members, the Black Star is not a viable resource
> for us. For information, we depend on the internet.  If it is not on the
> calendar with a website
> , it makes it difficult for us to decide whether we can go to an event. I
> would find it hard to believe this is not the case for a vast majority of
> the Kingdom.
>
> Between the calendar, Black Star and group meetings...all communication
> avenues should be covered.  They all should be as current as possible.
>
> Apparently I read more into the calendar, as well.  Until I learned
> differently, (and I still have to look twice sometimes) I read it as
> "Elfsea Defender from apr 1 through 3.
> Not as "sometime that weekend"
>
> As more and more people use and depend on the internet, I think it most
> unsettling that we do not use it to the best of our abilities and make sure
> any and all changes, updates and websites are made/added to the calendar as
> soon as they can be.
>
> As this my own opinion, and experience, it is not meant to offend...merely
> to be shared.
>
> Lady Elspeth
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Richard Threlkeld" <rjt at softwareinnovation.com>
> Date: Sat, Jan 1, 2011 11:59 am
> Subject: [Ansteorra] Event Calendar
> To: "'Jay Rudin'" <rudin at ev1.net>, "'Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,
>  Inc.'" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>
> What you say is true, but to provide the best service to our customers
> (us),
> a little more information would be very good. Of course, one can go to the
> official advertisement in the Blackstar for those details.
>
> In Service,
> Caelin on Andrede
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ansteorra-bounces+rjt=softwareinnovation.com at lists.ansteorra.org
> > [mailto:ansteorra-
> > bounces+rjt=softwareinnovation.com at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Jay
> > Rudin
> > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:11 AM
> > To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,Inc.
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Event Calendar
> >
> > >> Is 12th night really a 3-day event?
> >
> > You are reading more into the calendar more than the calendar deputy is
> > ever told.  Don't count on any officer for information beyond the scope
> of
> > that office.
> >
> > The calendar deputy (and therefore the calendar) is not responsible for
> > knowing *anything* about the event except what weekend it is scheduled
> > for.  The calendar deputy puts events on the calendar before we have a
> site,
> > or an event steward, or a schedule, and when we get a schedule we aren't
> > required to change the calendar listing.  Therefore the calendar cannot
> tell
> > you anything except what weekend an event occurs on.
> >
> > >All weekend events are listed as three day events. I don't particularly
> like
> > >that assumption, but it makes things easier for the calendar deputy I
> > >suspect.
> >
> > They aren't listed as three-day events.  They are listed as occurring at
> some
> > time during that three-day period.  If I tell you that next Thanksgiving
> is in
> > November, I haven't committed to a month-long feast.  Details about
> events
> > are found in the event announcement, not the calendar.
> >
> > Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
> >
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