[Elfsea] Pressing topic: New Park for Practices

[Synrik]

Also, not to pick on the herald, if I remember the stats. that were sent out not
too long ago, a full third of the Elfsea populace live in the canton of Loch
Ruadh.

Also, the chances of recruiting someone at random at Trinity Park is a whole lot
better than in any other park that has been mentioned.

And not to press home the point, but the level of membership has dropped
considerably on the Baronial level as well as the Kingdom.  And if you do not
recruit new blood, then the barony will eventually die: everyone will have been
used up and burned out.

Our fighters are a hook to get the people to look.  They stand out in a crowd no
matter where they practice.  At that point the Barony should have some
literature that they could hand out and have a little A&S on hand for those that
are willing to ask.  But you also have to be where you can be seen by those that
would want to join the Dream: basically large parks where a bunch of yuppies
hang out.  That's your target.

Almost secondarily is the fact that the Barony is so large that their is a huge
split down the middle as for who does and does not get to go to all those A&S
nights and who gets trained and seen by the knights.

An idea was kicked around not too long ago about simplifying the calendar quite
a bit by scheduling A&S and some other events all on the same night in all of
the cantons (treating Arlington as a canton on it's own).  This idea I would
like to revisit, or perhaps making some of these 'nights' more central as well.
Because if we do not pull together, the the cantons are truly on their own . . .
and that could breed decent ion.  For example: Stepps ---the North vs. the
South.  But in our case, east vs. west.





housedragonstar wrote:

> Couple of  things...
>
> Bedford Boys Ranch only moves it about a smidge west, but way north.
>
> Also, I keep getting the impression that we think that Elfsea ends somewhere
> just west of 35 W.  Not to pick on Timothy, but more than one person has
> mentioned to me in person that magic phrase...35 W and 360.
>
> Is there a map somewhere that actually outlines the basics of where the
> different baronies are and to what general geographic areas they lay claim
> to?  Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> medb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy at elfsea.net>
> To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:38 PM
> 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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