[Elfsea] Fighter Practice Location

[Richard Threlkeld]

I would argue that fighters and non-fighters are located
in roughly the same proportions throughout the area. In
fact, most fighters have one or more active non-fighters
in their home and vice-versa.

Caelin

>
> After having read and digested most of the missives about the
> re-location of
> fighter practice, it appears that we have 2 possibilities:
>
> 1)  a location that appeals to those people who live in the very eastern
> area (i.e., zip coeds) of Elfsea (east of I-35W);
>
> and
>
> 2) a location that is to the north of our current site and which thus adds
> another 15 - 30 minutes drive to those who do not live in the
> Arlington/Elfsea enclave.
>
> Based on this, the real question facing us would seem to be:  "Do
> we want a
> location that is  (1) central to the populace of the Barony or (2)
> convenient to fighters?"
>
> If we answer "Yes" to the former (1), we might get more people
> out (and thus
> possibly increase recruiting) since we would be showcasing Arts
> and Sciences
> as well as our fighting (both heavy and light).
>
> If we answer "Yes" to the latter (2), we would get fighters out, but the
> group of other attendees would be limited because of the distance to be
> traveled.
>
> In other words, what we need to think about is where our priorities lie --
> increasing the possibility of recruiting people into the Barony
> or making it
> easier for most of our fighters to attend a practice.
>
> What I would also like to see is a map of the DFW area (in
> detail) so we all
> could mark where we live  (go by Central Market at Hulen and I-30 to see
> what I mean).  There is nothing better than a visual
> representation of what
> we've been talking about to see what the dispersion of the
> Barony's populace
> is really like.  We can even use different colors to represent the Barony,
> Loch Ruadh, the College, and others, as well as also mark where
> the fighters
> live.  And we can, like Master Richard said, mark the discussed
> parks.  This
> should give us a very good idea of which park would be centrally
> located to
> the majority of the populace of the Barony.
>
>
> Always in service
> both the SCA and the Barony of Elfsea
> Ceatta
>
>
>
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