[Ansteorra-rapier] Too much?

[Tim Kwasny]

I agree with what you have said Benedict but in practice there seems to be
double standard when it comes to travel.  I constantly hear how the northern
cadets, dons, rapier fighters don't travel, and how if cadet "x" wants to
get known he/she should go events in the deep south.  At the same time I can
count the southern dons, cadets, rapier fighters that travel north of the
Red River with any frequency on one hand.  At every circle I am asked to
vote on southern candidates that I may only see three or four times a year
and never up north.  If all the dons in his area say he is worthy of being a
WS and I don't have any direct knowledge to the contrary I will vote yes,
however the reverse is almost never true.

There is a certain amount of travel that is required of everyone, it just
part of what is expected of a WS. I just wish the playing field could be
leveled a bit.

By the way has anyone looked at the Kingdome calendar lately, it is just
packed with events.  Theresa and I try to make a point of being at all the
Northern Region events, and most of the major kingdom events with rapier
activates.  In the busy times of the year (spring and fall) we will average
3 events a month. At one point this spring we did 8 events in 9 weeks,
starting with Gulf War.  There is just not enough time in the year to try
and get everywhere.  We look for events outside the region that will give us
the most bang for the buck, so to speak.

Don Timothy


Benedict wrote:
>
>
> It also has to be considered that even if all of the
> WS in an area are in-favor of a candidate, but no one
> ever sees that candidate outside of a small
> geographical area, maybe that person is not a good
> candidate for a Kingdom level award.  I do believe in
> listening to members of a candidate's local area and
> giving them credit for having specific knowledge,  I
> also believe that to be a good WS the person must
> travel throughout the entire kingdom.  After all, we
> don't have Central Regional WS's or Southern
> Ansteorran WS's.  I guess what I'm saying is that I
> believe traveling should be a qualification for a WS.
>
> On the other hand, the WS's need to remember how big
> Ansteorra is.  Just because a far south WS doesn't see
> a far north candidate very much in his area, that
> doesn't mean that person does not travel.  From
> Houston to Tulsa it can be a 10 hour drive.  People
> can't be expected to do that every weekend.  However,
> if you never see a candidate that lives 2 hours away,
> that should tell you something.
>
> Benedict Ashton.
>
>