ARCH - Academy of the Bow

[Bob Dewart]

No anger here, Timothy.  You hit the nail square on the head.  You'd think
that since it's a Kingdom level event, which means that it doesn't count
against the number of events you can do per year, folks would want to do it.

The reason everyone wants to hold Crown is because Crown is a big money
maker for the hosting group.  Getting right down to the basics, I think
that's why most don't want to do AoB.  They percieve that the event as a big
losser moneywise.  This isn't the case with the event.  It won't make the
big sums that a Crown will, but those last few we did made several hundred
dollar profit.

There are two big problems hosting an AoB.  Timing and space.  You have to
start 4 - 6 months out on the planning  and you have to have the space to do
the ranges.  Although, I suspose one could be done totally inside without a
range.

So Raven Fort's AoB was cancelled on site.  Don't think I'd heard that one
before.

Timothy, you sound as if you might have some ideas of your own for the
event. If so, I'd very much like to hear them.   AoB is an educational
event, but if no one attends, not much education will happen.  If there are
some ideas out there that can spice it up a bit, let's explore them in a
*brain storming* mode.

The only argument for moving the event around was because Middleford had
done it so much.  In a way that's a bad thing.  But again, I think  it would
be  a much worse thing not to have it.

You know, I know that some folks are getting somewhat tired of the Canton
site.  But it would make  a dandy site for Academy of the Bow.  And there's
several groups that use it on a regular basis.

Timothy, personnelly, I don't want to have to try to figure out what someone
meant when they said something.  We're archers, let's get to the point.  :)

BTW, we need to talk about Three Kings, it's getting close.

Gilli

Shoot more arrows and more will hit gold.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy_of_glastonbury at yahoo.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 8:32 AM
Subject: ARCH - Academy of the Bow


>
> --- Bob Dewart <gilli at seacove.net> wrote:
> > April or May would be a good time for the event.  It would get the
> > season
> > off to a good start.  While I haven't checked with the local poweres
> > that
> > be, I'm pretty sure that Middleford will put in a bid.  However, I
> > would
> > hope others areas would do so also so that the event would travel
> > around the
> > Kingdom.  Perhaps a system as they are using for the hosting Crown
> > Tourney?
> > Same region as holds Crown gets first dibs on Academy of the Bow.  If
> > nothing, then it's up for grabs.  But SOMEONE gets to do it.
> >
>
> The following is opinion about planning, and the life of an event.  You
> are welcome to disagree with me, but this is my opinion :
>
> Any event that must be hosted, nearly religously, every other year by
> the same group is NOT a thriving event.  Further, I would say it does
> not speak well for the community support of the event (as I know the
> one at Raven's Fort last year was cancelled because there was no one
> there to attend).
>
> If one group has had such a large percentage of hosting this event, as
> Middleford clearly has from looking over Gilli's history, I would
> strongly suggest we not send it back there.  I think this event needs
> to go to a group who comes up with a new and inovative plan for the
> event.  New Blood.
>
> I think the idea of forcing it to go to a specific region is stupid.
> I'm sorry but that is a fundamentally flawed idea that demonstrates a
> lack of understanding of why Crown is setup that way.  For the record,
> Crown is an event that EVERYONE wants to host, but which if left up to
> the 'most convinient' rule of planning would almost always end up in
> the Central Region.  As such, they force it to move around so every
> region has a chance of hosting this locally.  Academy of the Bow on the
> other hand is an event that there are major problems getting ANY bids
> for.  When nearly every region is submitting a bid for the privledge of
> hosting Academy of the Bow, then forcing it to move around will make
> sense.  Before that, it's stupid. (Again, opinion, YMMV but I'd love to
> hear the arguement for forcing it to move that was anything more than a
> way to bully groups of that region to host something they don't WANT to
> host).
>
> I've probably angered enough people at this point. This was not the
> most diplomatic post, but sometimes you just have to call a skunk, a
> skunk.
>
> Timothy of Glastonbury
> Archer, Herald, Chronicler, Protege


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