NR - Maybe this is a stupid comment, but...

[Lori Campbell]

I think there is a place for everyone's comments here.  We all feel 
the way we feel and its best if we discuss things openly.  I've 
really enjoyed the recent discussion because I've learned a lot about 
how other people perceive things.  It was a very hard lesson for me 
to learn, but eventually I caught on that just because I think I'm 
right doesn't mean someone with a different viewpoint is wrong.

> ...as a relatively new player, I can tell you that *I* thought NRT 
> has always been a regional event.  You know, it's that "Regional" 
> in the name.  I realize now there's a fine line between a true 
> regional-sponsored event and a single-group-sponsored event
> for the whole region.  (Of course, then that calls into question 
> what our own events are for.. for the whole region & kingdom to 
> enjoy, or just for the local group?)

I guess that's the problem with the fact that there was no such 
thing as a "Regional" sponsored event when NRT started seven years 
ago.  Every event had to have one group to sponsor it.  Period.  At 
the time there wasn't much regional cameraderie at all.  That came 
along at pretty much the same time Tribute did as a byproduct of 
everyone working together towards the common goal of raising money 
for the kingdom.

Some will disagree with me, but I think the way NRT was run on the 
local administrative level is a large part of why it kept going 
in the early years.  Having one group shoulder the administrative 
burden meant that a new group didn't have to keep making the 
same mistakes in those first years (a *lot* of administrative bugs 
were worked out over the first couple of years, not the least of 
which was financial paperwork). 

The place where the problem started was that NRT began a certain 
way *then* rules were written and implemented about what it takes to 
be a "Regional" event.  The way NRT was handled on a local 
administrative level never changed, despite the new rules.  I think 
it finally got on the track the kingdom administration wanted last 
year.

I don't think there was ever the perception that the event was for 
any one local group.  Certainly Wiesenfeuer never demanded or 
claimed to be entitled to more credit than any other group.  Had 
that happened, I think the event would have died that first year.  

I was always under the impression that the event was for the 
*Kingdom* (hence the name NR Tribute to Ansteorra).  Everyone was 
there to raise money for the kingdom and all profits from the event 
were always submitted to the Kingdom as a gift from *all* the groups 
in the region (no matter how great or small their group's 
contribution was). 

> Aaaanyway, I do like NRT and hope it continues in some form or fashion.

If NRT continues (and I think it will if there is enough support) I'd 
like for it to do so because the people want it to.  I don't want 
everyone to do it because "we've always done it" or because a 
regional, or kingdom, officer says we have to (in my mind that feels 
like taxation and for me, at least, that takes the fun out of it).  
If the focus of the region has shifted towards promoting a regional 
identity and regional patriotism, my logical train of thought just 
said that perhaps the purpose (and the name) of NR Tribute to 
Ansteorra might need to change as well.  YMMV.      

Kat  >^.,.^<
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