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<DIV>> Many people have written that they would love to attend - most</DIV>
<DIV>> responses have included an offer to teach (too cool!). Do
you</DIV>
<DIV>> think we'll be able to pull many people who are not on this
list? </DIV>
<DIV>> Think carefully about this - the answer will have a very big
impact</DIV>
<DIV>> on whether I try to make it it's own event or attach it to
something</DIV>
<DIV>> else. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If it's in the center of the kingdom,
well-publicized, and not in conflict with a major event, 50-100 people, maybe a
little more. (Sheer guess, but I believe it.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>> An additional thought - King's College is on the calendar for June
</DIV>
<DIV>>(site TBA) - I could ask the autocrats to allow one or two tracks</DIV>
<DIV>> of bardic classes. Comments?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, having a bardic collegium at King's College
isn't an event of bards gathered together in mutual support; it's just one of
many tracks. This is a Good Thing, and I recommend having a
bardic track at King's College, but that doesn't replace the event we were
talking about.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For one thing, if it's at King's College, I'll
still attend, but I'll have other classes and won't be able to spend as much
time at the bardic track. For another, the track either loses many of the
students, or we encourage the bards to avoid other classes. This is not a
Good Thing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have the track at King's College. Also have a
Bardic Collegium. They are not interchangeable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</FONT></DIV>
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