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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953281521-28052008>Why
this big discussion about PED's when we can't even get our act together for a
simple demo?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953281521-28052008>Oh,
well, this shows me the level of commitment in our
Barony....</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=953281521-28052008><FONT face=Arial>Formerly
</FONT></SPAN>In Service to Our <SPAN class=953281521-28052008><FONT
face=Arial> Once- </FONT></SPAN>Great Barony</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lord Ceatta</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Elfsea Demo Coordinator
Emeritus</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Times New Roman">aliquantulus ferment nunquam vulnero
quisquam</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">(a
little ferment never hurt anyone)</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Ceatta@flash.net</FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
elfsea-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:elfsea-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>an angel in
black ink<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
elfsea list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Elfsea] Defender/PED's and the
Calender<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Greetings Elfsea!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*Climbs upon an unmarked <EM>soup</EM> box*</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>An excellent slew of ideas have been offered up on this topic already
and I feel obliged to</DIV>
<DIV>add a few of my own. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To begin, I agree that the 'quality' of events has seemed to have
diminished a little over the </DIV>
<DIV>years. Our southern and northern cousins are no longer drawn to
join us in our once well </DIV>
<DIV>known revelry. This thing has been effected by the cost of gas,
yes, but the problem had </DIV>
<DIV>arisen quite a bit before we had this economical shift. The main
complaint was that 'Elfsea </DIV>
<DIV>wasn't fun enough anymore'...That, my friends, is our own fault in a
way though I feel that </DIV>
<DIV>blame may be too harsh a word to place upon any of us. It seems
that we've simply </DIV>
<DIV>forgotten how to make the events more interesting by allowing ourselves
to settle into our </DIV>
<DIV>current state of familiar comfort. I have, however seen quite a
few good ideas on how to </DIV>
<DIV>'shake the tree up again' out there and I commend you all for taking a
new interest.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I think that more single day events would be an excellent idea or even
dropping Spring Faire </DIV>
<DIV>for a kingdom event but suggest an optional 'off calender' fun event to
take it's place. Singe </DIV>
<DIV>day events probably won't pull in anyone else but the locals right now
anyways. Few people </DIV>
<DIV>can afford to day trip from afar, seeing it as not worth the effort and
cost. Is there any </DIV>
<DIV>reason we couldn't simply make a greater effort and try for both?
I can promise myself to </DIV>
<DIV>the attempt once our big dumb white dragon gets out of the
vet. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Forgive me if I ask too much for I may be making an unreasonable
request without </DIV>
<DIV>knowledge enough to know better.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In Service to Your Dream,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"I seek an empire to topple my words!"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Yu Xue XianXian, </DIV>
<DIV>King of Misrule, Miscreant 'Gypsy Queen' at Large, and Terror of
the SCAdian Seas</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Never judge a man by the gifts he bears."</DIV>
<DIV>...........................-Ancient Chinese Proverb</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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