[Bryn-gwlad] Tiny Tourneys

[ke5zw at wt.net]

Greetings...

I was providing possible useful counsel in the relam of not burning out
the 10% of the workers in a group that do 90% of the work for 90% of the
group. (the 10-90-90 theory, its an interesting thing to watch in group
dynamics).

Been there, got the T-shirt....several times over.

I am not implying that one would need "months" of prep for a tiny tourney,
but that one could plan and prep at lesuire or just before the event
dependent on what the event is.

However, a little planning is worth a ton of last minute panic.

And yes, BG does FAR more events (big and little, local and kingdom) than
ANY other group in the Kingdom and then some.

As one that has closely watched the activites of the groups of Ansteorra
from a unique view in the past, We regularly saw BG stepping up with the
Lions share of the resources, events and "Get'r Done" attitude.

Go with the flow, plan ahead, space it out, whatever you wish to call it,
it is all terms to pace your group, rotate the duties and efforts and not
burn anyone out.

Burn-out in the SCA is a real! problem. But that is another subject for
another day.

Niklas


> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, ke5zw at wt.net <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org> wrote:
>> I do think to plan ahead, maybe even as much as a year in advance
>> for the tourneys in theme and stewards would be a great idea as that
>> puts the group way ahead of the curve on preperation and quality
>> potential for the event.
>>
>> I would suggest we set the next years worth of tiny tourneys, every
>> 3-4 months and go for it.
>
> I feel that needing months and months of prep is not the intent for a
> *tiny* tourney.  My feel for what it has been is that it's intended to
> be a low-effort minimalist event.  Also, the baron pointed out that we
> had more tiny tourneys in 2006 than one per quarter.
>
> I think it was the baron who said that we can go with the flow.  If
> Goldweard has a sudden inspiration to run a dessert competition next
> month, for example, and the baron and business meeting like it, more
> power to his elbow.  We should be open to other sudden good ideas.
>
> Danyll de Lyncoln
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> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com