[Ansteorra] Participation vs. Recruitment (long)

[Jeffrey Clark]

I feel that it would also depend on the types of events being held. If both events were exactly the same style then they would both lose out; however if one event were a tourney and the other a college+hafla, then you would see different types of people at the different events (and those different constituencies might both be happier. 

The problem is that the DFW area is a small part of Ansteorra -- certainly they would be split; but what about Namron and Seawinds? Adlesruhe is a frigging far drive from Seawinds, where Loch Rudah isn't that bad (still not a drive I'd like to day-trip). As finances get tighter (and that is forecasted to be the new norm) we are better served by keeping more people involved more frequently.

It would also be nice to have more options. I'm sure that no few fighters have been frustrated when it seems like all of the events that they have a chance to go to are A&S focused (err... perhaps fighters wren't the best example there). I do think we would see more variety if baronies were holding more events per year, rather than just their one or two things. They wouldn't be forced to do everything at once to try to cater to everyone.

I think that as society and the economy changes we need to refocus on how we consider kingdom/regional/baronial levels of play.

-- AS Zorzi


> If Adlersruhe and Loch Ruadah have an event on the same weekend I wonder
> which will have better attendance. The calendar regulations now are
> intended to help draw people to events Kingdom Wide thus helping the groups
> get better turn out and allowing people to meet more people. It might be
> easier to have events close to you but splitting the people who travel from
> the DFW area between a big event in OKC and a big event in Houston lowers
> the attendance on both events even if most of the folks
> from Houston probably wont make the drive to OKC or Vise versa.
> 
> Pippa