NR - Re: northern region castle list

[Rebecca M. Heydon]

Replied to privately....

Lady Rowan


At 10:57 AM 4/20/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Rowan, plans that are floating around are of no use.  Plans that people have
>in their hands that list exact supplies, lengths etc ARE.
>
>Ragnar from our group almost went to buy 30 telephone poles last weekend.
>We talked him out of it with "what if those poles are unusable, what are you
>going to do with 30 telelphone poles in your back yard?"  Once people can
>know whats exactly available, work can start... people want to do it, but no
>one knows exactly is needed.
>
>Does anyone have the Boy-Scout approved plans? the Boy Scounts?
>
>if we can look at those, we can determine THEN whether to keep that plan.
>However, if we can't find those plans, we can't keep those plans.
>
>I don't want to chuck the effort of anybody, I just want the castle people
>were telling me about when I joined the sca 2 1/2 years ago... I tired of
>driving to mississippi for a castle battle...
>
>hugs, JP
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rebecca M. Heydon <rebecca-heydon at utulsa.edu>
>To: Northkeep at ansteorra.org <Northkeep at ansteorra.org>;
>Northern at ansteorra.org <Northern at ansteorra.org>
>Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:27 AM
>Subject: NR - Re: northern region castle list
>
>
>>Your enthusiasm is to be commended....
>>
>>A specific design has been approved by the Boy Scout Council and plans are,
>>indeed, floating around.  In approving those plans, legal and safety
>>concerns for the Scouts and the SCA were considered before a final design
>>was approved.  Changing the design starts the bureaucracy all over again
>>and once again, the project will be put on hold.
>>
>>The Barony of Northkeep spent quite a lot of time thinking about designs
>>and whatnot and HE Thorgrim worked with others (Lord Merrik, Lord Piotr,
>>Laird Ian to name a few) in creating those plans.  What has prevented the
>>project from getting off the drawing board is getting the necessary
>>materials to the Will Rogers site.  I am somewhat troubled that it seems
>>that those plans are now to be thrown out the window and a new design
>>created so that it's like the one at Gulf Wars.  A great many people
>>agonized over those plans and it seems, to me, a great disservice in
>>chucking all that effort out the window.  It seems to me that all of this
>>renewed enthusiasm might best be used in continuing the project that was
>>already started rather than starting over.
>>
>>I guess I am somewhat bristly about this and my apologies.  As I said, a
>>fair number of individuals have already put a great amount of effort into
>>this project and whereas I am thrilled the castle may become a reality, I
>>don't believe duplicating our efforts and starting over is the way to do
>so.
>>
>>In service,
>>
>>Rowan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 07:05 AM 4/20/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Good day Lords and Ladys of Northkeep,
>>>
>>>There is a new list associated with the castle project.
>>>It will be used primarily for information sharing, Planning, and resource
>>>control.
>>>
>>>The current thought is to build the castle much like the one at Gulf in
>>>order to give Ansteorra a site to practice sieges for war, also
>>>it has been reported that there are copies of plans for it floating
>around.
>>>
>>>If you are interested in helping many a strong back will be needed when we
>>>start to move poles, and your input will be appreciated.
>>>We are specifically looking for people with either Car Trailers, or Design
>>>engineering experience.
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