[Namron] Events

Tue Oct 17 08:23:29 PDT 2006

I know and understand that the Equestrian Championship tourney was just
used as an example here, but it would be a *very* sad day for the Barony
of Namron and the Kingdom if the equestrian tourney (or *any*
championships list) were to be cancelled because of lack of an
appropriate site.  For those of you who do not know, the Kingdom
Equestrian was started in our very own Barony through the tireless
efforts of HL Valia of the Mist, Lady Wren of Wolf Star, Lady Shelena of
Wolf star, Baroness Caitlin and several others ( I apologize if I left
anyone off that list).  So the Equestrian is something I think Namron
really needs to stick with.  One event a year should not be that hard.
And we have a slew of new people interested in Equestrian in our group
and in the North and I know that want it to keep going.  I believe, and
Katie and correct me if I am wrong but I believe that we had 9 riders
for this years competition.  That is a good turn out for up here in the
North.  It's been growing every year and if there are sites south of the
Barony we can use, that means a few less hours to haul and a better
reason to put the event down as one to go to.

The sites are there, several people from the Barony and outside the
group, both in the past and fairly recently have taken the time to find
them.  I do think it is way past time to check into these sites, if the
good gentles who have done the research (Grimmie and Chass come to mind
immediately) still have their lists maybe the Seneschal, Officers and
their Excellences can take a gander and see what all is out there.  Time
is a wastin', Beltaine is only seven months away and Protectorate 12
months, the time to look for a new site is now, not a couple of months
before the event.

In Service

Lady Deirdre ni'Raghailligh

Kim Friend 
Healthsouth 
Midwest City, OK 

-----Original Message-----
From: namron-bounces at ansteorra.org [mailto:namron-bounces at ansteorra.org]
On Behalf Of Jennifer Jackson
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:30 AM
To: Barony of Namron Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Namron] Events

I think one of the things we need to look at when making the decisions
about sites to use is the return we receive for the expense.  To use
Danielle's example of the equestrian tourney, is the approximate $2000
more we apparently paid to use this site worth the pleasure of
continuing to sponsor an equestrian tourney?  I would like to know the
financial committee's', both past and current,  thoughts on this.

I am not trying to encourage finger pointing here.  We need to evaluate
what we, as the populace of this Barony, thought about this event.  We
need to encourage the exchange of ideas so we can work together for
future events.  We have a work crew who is willing to jump in and do
some improvements to make Camp Cimmeron better for the SCA, but we want
to direct all this energy and enthusiasm for the best of the Barony.  It
is my hope that Danielle and the many others who worked so hard on the
planning of this years Protectorate will not take this as a personal
attack, and will want to be part of the evaluation process.  I know just
how difficult it is to hear complaints about an event that you have
worked so hard to produce, but that is the only way for everyone to make
good decisions in the future.

Genevria

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: Danielle DeMarseilles
<mailto:danielle_de_marseilles at yahoo.com>  

	To: namron at ansteorra.org 

	Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:41 AM

	Subject: [Namron] Events

	Greetings!

	  For all of those who have ideas about sites to use, or would
like to see changes in future events, I have a suggestion... put in a
bid to be an event steward.  As an event steward, (or co event steward
if that would be more feasible) you would get to make decisions about
things such as which site to use, how much to charge, and other
important decisions.  If these sound like decisions that you would like
to make, do some research to find a site, make a bid and submit it.  It
is easy to sit on the list and make suggestions, but it is much more
productive to take those suggestions and do something about future
events.  We looked at new and different sites for Protectorate, but the
reasons that we decided not to use them were specific to Protectorate
XXX.  You may want to use a different site for the next one.  I am very
much in favor of finding new sites, and I wish you luck.  Please
remember though, if your bid does not meet the requirements needed to
put on one of the championship competitions (i.e. the equestrian
tourney) it may not be accepted.  

	In Service,

	Lady Danielle de Marseilles

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