[Hellsgate] Thoughts on Demo

dramascout at yahoo.com dramascout at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 12 15:49:23 PDT 2012 

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Lucas "keeper of the hound"

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From: SoldierGrrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:46:50 
To: Stronghold of Hellsgate<hellsgate at lists.ansteorra.org>
Reply-To: Stronghold of Hellsgate <hellsgate at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Hellsgate] Thoughts on Demo

Ioannes explained it better than I could.  We've moved away a bit, as time
and tides have turned, but I am still very very very much attached to
Hellsgate and I want to see it succeed.  Mel, Timur, Coenred, and everyone
else who worked so hard to get the group set up know that this is a labor
of love, and we all want it to succeed more than anything else.

I will apologize for my cranky-assed posting, and will tell you that I am
proud of how much we've grown and how much work everyone is doing now.

Helene

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:44 PM, John Atkinson <johnmatkinson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Demos should not be demos for "Hellsgate" but for the SCA, of which
> the local group is Stronghold of Hellsgate - under the Barony of Bryn
> Gwlad.
>
> It is not unusual for small groups and small events to be delayed on
> getting information up on websites - it is a perennial problem when
> web ministers are all volunteers.
>
> To understand where some of my kneejerk reaction is coming from on
> this, you would have to delve into the history of the SCA in Bell
> County.  One of the reasons we set land speed records in getting this
> group into existence in a place where Kingdom had disbanded not one,
> but TWO shires (and if you don't know that story, sit down with Lord
> Coenrad, Helene, or myself some time and get it told - it might help
> you understand why we look at this group in a very proprietary way)
> was that we were always careful to be seen to be actively supporting
> other groups around us and the Kingdom as a whole.  Hellsgate was
> about the Kingdom first, Barony second, ourselves dead last.  If it
> was any other way, we wouldn't have an official group there.  I
> remember being told, "It will be a decade before Kingdom lets anyone
> set up a group there."
>
> I'm not saying that this is your intent.  I am saying that I am
> extremely sensitive of a perception of Hellsgate being insular and
> inward focused.
>
> Ioannes
> whose Comet does have 'incipient' scratched out on it. . .
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, STEPHEN STEGER
> <knightslament at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok thank you all so far for the input. I do want to clear two points. 1
> I dont intend on anyone outside the group on assisting. its nice if they
> do, but it would be our demo. 2 I was well aware of shadowlands event. I
> checked their site, nothing but a blurb about it being their birthday, and
> thats on a google calendar. No other info or mention of hosting an event on
> their site.  if their event is one day only like quite a few are, then i
> dont see  an issue doing a demo the other two days.  Lastly, were missing a
> whole bunch of prospect membership not having anything near temple, belton,
> or salado. A booth at the fair will put over a thousand in foot traffic
> within sight and sound of someone in garb, not only from our area but
> across our kingdom, and with some literature we can support the entire
> kingdom by putting potential members on the path.
> > ------------------------------
> >  On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 8:41 AM CDT John Atkinson wrote:
> >
> >  >I would be very surprised if the nobility blessed off doing a demo
> >  >against a local event. And if I have a choice between a demo and a
> >  >tourney, I'm at the tourney, even if it is a relatively small event.
> >  >As for whether folks would be going to Shadowlands, if you are free
> >  >enough to do a demo, you really ought to go support a local group at
> >  >their local event. Just saying.
> >  >
> >  >Ioannes
> >  >who is just a dumb stick jock who take deCharny seriously
> >  >
> >  >On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:59 AM, <dramascout at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  >> Not a bad idea. However the point of the shadowlands event was that
> it would draw peerage and royalty away from supporting us and coming to
> lend a hand making our demo that much better. A demo hasent been done for a
> LONG time and we can use one. However that is not the best date.
> >  >>
> >  >> Lucas
> >  >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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> >  >> -----Original Message-----
> >  >> From: Branden <twobucksanchange at yahoo.com>
> >  >> Sender: hellsgate-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> >  >> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:52:52
> >  >> To: Stronghold of Hellsgate<hellsgate at lists.ansteorra.org>
> >  >> Reply-To: Stronghold of Hellsgate <hellsgate at lists.ansteorra.org>
> >  >> Subject: Re: [Hellsgate] Thoughts on Demo
> >  >>
> >  >> it would not be a bad idea but it would take some planning. we could
> bring it up at the august populace. As for the shadowland event it would
> depend if anyone was planning on going to it and if enough if the populace
> would agree to pull shifts. I will be at ntc at that time.
> >  >> YIS,
> >  >> Havarr Ericsson
> >  >>
> >  >> John Atkinson <johnmatkinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  >>
> >  >>I'm all in favor of demo, but clearing the minimum safe distance zone
> >  >>in a state fair is awfully tricky. That's why I would call EOD and
> >  >>have them RSP. .
> >  >>
> >  >>Oh, what? SCA? Demonstration?
> >  >>
> >  >>Damn, I haven't had enough coffee yet.
> >  >>
> >  >>You'd be going up against a Shadowlands event, which is less than two
> >  >>hours away and hence is a local event. Not a good idea.
> >  >>
> >  >>Ioannes
> >  >>
> >  >>On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:21 AM, STEPHEN STEGER <
> knightslament at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  >>> I have brought this up a few times. Central Texas State Fair is at
> Bell Co Expo Aug 31-Sept 2nd. I would like to propose this for a Sanctioned
> Demo.Is this a sufficient time frame to get to populace, Barony and Crown
> if agreed?
> >  >>>
> >  >>> Hours of operation will be Friday 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Saturday -
> 12:00pm - 12:00 Midnight, Sunday 12:00pm – 11:00pm. Times are subject to
> change. So we could do shifts and vary between artisans, fighters and
> perhaps just people in garb doing some q and a
> >  >>>
> >  >>> Here are some links
> >  >>>
> >  >>> http://centraltexasstatefair.com
> >  >>>
> >  >>>
> http://centraltexasstatefair.com/fileserver/files.ashx?t=fg&f=2012%20Booth%20App.%20%20Guide%20Combo.pdf
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