[Bryn-gwlad] Tiny Tourneys

[Lucia Digioia]

Lord Goldweard, I hope you won't take this amiss, but the posting quoted 
below really made me wonder... is the barony somehow not living up to your 
expectations? Do we not attend PiP in persona often enough, do our event 
stewards need practice they're not getting, does the current Tiny Tourney 
format not already provide the benefits you listed below?

I think having a "desserts" Tiny Tourney is a great idea. (Well, of course I 
would--I love to bake.) But this elaboration of fixed, year-round, 
monthly(!) schedules, etc. etc. seems like massive overkill. Part of the 
charm of TTs is their informality and their "occasional" nature. The 
infrastructure you're proposing sounds more like homework to me.

My tuppence,
--Lucia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Goldweard" <goldweard at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:34 AM
Subject: [Bryn-gwlad] Tiny Tourneys


> I think that beginning next year we should consider having monthly Tiny 
> Tourneys.   What I was
> thinking is a schedule like this
>
> January, May, September - Martial Arts
> February, June, October - Bardic arts
> March, July, November - Culinary Arts
> April, August, December - Static Arts
>
> These would occur on either the first or second Tuesday of the month. 
> This would provide the
> following benefits
>
> 1.  We get a chance to have a small local event where we can get into 
> persona and period clothing
> (I'll let you call it what you will). especially since some of us cannot 
> attend local or regional events
> on a regular basis.
>
> 2.  It allows those individuals, interested in learning to autocrat 
> events, a chance to get their feet
> wet.   The structure and times are already in place.  They just need to 
> come up with a theme for the
> event.  This is a great option for those who wish to autocrat, but get 
> scared off that they might screw
> up some big event.
>
> 3.   It allows us the chance to show some of our current projects we are 
> working on.  Get feedback.
> And help each other improve our competition entries for the larger events.
>
> 4.  It provides a chance for those spectators who come to PIP  the ability 
> to see that we are more
> than just a bunch of people who get in armor and hit each other with 
> sticks.
>
> 5.   Any excuse for a party...
>
> I unfortunately will not be able to attend business meetings until January 
> as my Master Naturalist
> classes occur every Monday until mid December.   I am therefore posting 
> this here, so that it can
> be discussed and then presented at the next business meeting.
>
> Goldweard