[Elfsea] Pressing topic: New Park for Practices

[Richard Threlkeld]

Timothy,

You are probably correct about the 80%, but be careful. That may well
be true primarily because of where the fighter practice is located.
Other locations would create a different mix of fighters. The ones who
currently attend do not necessarily have a priority. The priority is
to the greatest benefit of the Barony.

Note that Randal Mill Park is less than 5 minutes from my home, but I
would prefer Trinity because of the mix of people who would be
attracted there. I would vote for the Boys Ranch as second choice.
The Arlington sites are close, but do not generally allow archery.

Caelin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elfsea-admin at ansteorra.org [mailto:elfsea-admin at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of Timothy Rayburn
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:38 PM
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Pressing topic: New Park for Practices
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Tessa Nieto <eleanor_cleavely at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Date:  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:12:09 -0800 (PST)
>
> >We're talking about attracting a "demographic," right?
> >The Trinity Park area attracts visitors and residents
> >on the weekends like you wouldn't believe. There are
> >numerous bathroom facilities and it is highly
> >wheelchair accessible.
>
> Recruiting is part, but not all, of the reason to move fighter
> practice.  While it must be considered, we must also consider
> where the community we are serving is truly located.  The hard
> facts are that most, I'd wager of 80%, of those that fight at
> Elfsea fighter practices are located between 35W and 360 in the
> east-west, and within a short drive if 20 and 183/820 north-south
> (there are many that live just north or south of that north-south
> window, but they would head to either 183/820 or 20 to head
> anywhere).  The map center of such a population would be at about
> 820 & 30, as has been discussed before.
>
> The new fighter practice location should first and foremost not
> decrease the number of people attending fighter practice at the
> current time who are already part of the organization.
> Secondarily to that is should do a great many things, including
> help recruiting, but also have better facilities, good lighting,
> allow archery, have water available, etc.
>
> A location such as Trinity Park may be centrally located to our
> zip codes, but not to the attending populace.  And it is the
> attending populace who gets first priority, and the improvements
> desired as second priority.
>
> I understand that our populace is likely centered mostly on that
> area because Randall Mill Park is also nearly exactly in the
> center of that area, and that there is likely a cause-and-effect
> relationship.  Even if that is a causal relationship, it doesn't
> mean we don't have to consider the existing populace first.
>
> >
> >It would also be more convenient for people in the
> >western parts of the barony to make it to Trinity than
> >driving all the way to Sublett or even to Veteran's
> >Park (which is less than 1/4 mile from my apartment).
> >Everyone raised cane about centrality and now we're
> >talking about moving it further east?
> >
>
> Actually I believe that the current 'front runner', at least to
> me, is the Bedford Boys Ranch.  It moves fighter practice to the
> west, and deal with many concerns, including allowing archery.
> Vetrans and the park off Sublett have been thrown out as ideas,
> but I'd agree with you that they also do not serve the existing
> attendees very well.
>
> I would also again like to voice the opinion that while Fort
> Worth has been doing a great deal to improve Trinity Park, it has
> not had an effect on the neighborhood yet, and I would not feel
> comfortable being in said neighborhood after dark.
>
> >Let's keep with the centrality idea and look for a
> >park in Fort Worth.
>
>
> I agree with centrally located, but let's centralize on the
> Barony's population, not it's zip codes.
>
>
> Timothy
>
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