[ANSTHRLD] Submissions Rate

Andrewe Bawldwyn kingdom at herald.ansteorra.org
Wed Jan 18 21:47:54 PST 2012


I would agree wholeheartedly. We have noticed the same benefit with ace.

andrewe
On Jan 18, 2012 11:44 PM, "Kathleen O'Brien" <mari_1184 at att.net> wrote:

> On 1/18/2012 8:29 AM, Tim McDaniel wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Alden Drake <alden_drake at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Can someone please confirm the current rate for heraldic
>>> submissions?
>>>
>>
>> Oh, I dunno, about 250 a month Society-wide, maybe 350 if the Pennsic
>> submissions hit Laurel in the same month?
>>
>
>
> It's gone down then.  I remember 300+ every month with Pennsic being about
> 100 bigger.  The largest during our first tenure was 400 items in one
> January LoAR.  That was brutal.  For comparison, HeraldiCon was something
> like 900 items, if I remember correctly.  And that was a 3 and a half year
> backlog.  Not anymore, the Society has sure grown!
>
> I actually use submission counts like this to explain to submitters who
> ask, "Well, why can't Laurel just call and ask me if they have a question?"
>  Well, that would be because the person making the decision has to rule on
> anywhere from 125 to 175 items in a single day.  Which, depending on the
> submission count and how many hours you're willing to go, means no more
> than 3 to 5 minutes to handle the form, read everything, and make a
> decision.  So, it just isn't possible to call folks with questions.
>
> I think this is one of the major benefits we've gotten out of OSCAR.
> Issues get raised earlier in the process and a kingdom herald can contact
> submitters with questions or try to get letters of permission to conflict.
>
> Mari
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