ES - RE: ST - Steppes Warlord

[Richard Threlkeld]

Please note that pre-reservations and a discount for them are different
issues. We can (and have in the past) have pre-reservations without
a discount. It still helps the Feastocrat and the rest of us.

Caelin on Andrede

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org [mailto:owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of Brent Ryder
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:06 PM
> To: steppes at ansteorra.org; ansteorra-announce at ansteorra.org;
> elfsea at ansteorra.org; glaslyn at ansteorra.org
> Subject: ES - RE: ST - Steppes Warlord
>
>
> >From: "Weiszbrod, Barbara A (Barbara)" <baw2 at lucent.com>
> >Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> >To: "'steppes at ansteorra.org'" <steppes at ansteorra.org>
> >Subject: RE: ST - Steppes Warlord
> >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:15:34 -0600
>
> >>I am still working on the gate fee and if we want to take >>reservations
> >
> >
> >I travel a lot, and talk to a lot of people from all over the
> >Kingdom, and
> >one thing that I have heard over and over again is that >they find it
> >offensive that they are charged an extra $5 to go to a >camping
> event with
> >out a reservation.  They don't mind paying extra >when there is a feast
> >involved; they know that increasing the charge >at the door
> increases the
> >reservations and that gives the cook a >better idea of how many
> people to
> >prepare for.  When it is just for >camping, however,  it comes across as
> >the Steppes just looking to >make even more money on what is
> probably the
> >most profitable yearly >event in the Kingdom.
>
> Hmmmm..... I have been reading the responses to this and have
> found all of
> them against having pre-reservation. The way I have thought about
> it is as
> an encouragement for people to let us know they are coming and
> allow some of
> the work involved in running gate to be stream lined. If the gate
> people do
> not have a problem with doing it all at gate, then I do not have
> a problem
> with no pre-reservation. From what I can tell, there is little
> interest in
> doing it any way as there are few who do.
>
> The other side of this is to look at it not that we are trying to charge
> more, but to charge less for those who have enough foresight and
> courtesy to
> make our jobs a little easier to do by allowing us to stream line
> the gate
> process, and make any extra preparations needed in case there is a larger
> turnout than has been expected. Of course, being one of the
> 'doers', I am a
> little biased on this point.
>
> >Just passing on the opinions that have been expressed to me.
>
> And that is why I have sent this reply across Ansteorra
>
> HL Borek Vitalievich Volkov, CSM
> Warlord Event Steward
> Apprentice to Sheik Da'ud ibn Auda, al-Jamal Herald
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