NR - Tribute and Warlord

[Staci L. Myers]

My thoughts on the regional seneschal's role were more in the area of
getting the date on the calendar & making sure that we get a sponsoring
group(s) in timely fashion. I wouldn't wish an autocrating job on *any*
seneschal; they're quite busy enough (been there, done that, ain't goin'
back).

Aelfwyn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aunt Dwen [mailto:auntdwen at peakonline.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 12:34 PM
> To: northern at ansteorra.org
> Subject: NR - Tribute and Warlord
> 
> 
> Greetings to the List, Dwen here.
> 
>     I find myself in agreement with Estril and others who 
> feel that Tribute
> and NRW on top of one another is hard on the region and those who
> participate.  Spacing regional events six months or so apart 
> makes all the
> sense in the world to me.  I *really* liked the idea of 
> having NR Tribute as
> an indoor event--possibly with some land outside for the 
> truly hard-core who
> might want to fight in the height of the Nordsteorran summer. 
>  There are, of
> course, other martial exercises/experiences which can be done 
> inside--battle
> strategy classes, arms/armor making classes, siege engine 
> construction, good
> warm-up exercises, etc.  As the person who coordinated 
> classes for a couple
> of the NR Tributes I received a lot of feedback from fighters 
> who wanted to
> participate in the classes but were unable due to fighting.
> 
>     It certianly seems to make sense to have the NRW event as soon as
> possible after Gulf Wars so the Warlord can coordinate melee and other
> fighter practices.  Jean Paul did an excellent job of 
> promoting regional
> fighter practices after accepting the NRW responsibilites 
> from, I think
> Colin? who knew he wouldn't be able to attend the war.  The 
> organizing of
> the troops in Nordsteorra seems the best most obvious part of 
> the "job" of
> NR Warlord.  If you look at the unofficial calendar that's 
> posted online,
> Crown Tourney will be the first weekend in March.  There's 
> not much after
> Gulf, and nothing that is scheduled in this region.  Perhaps 
> one of those
> dates for NRW...
> 
>     Another thing that made the first NRWarlord work well was 
> the amount of
> communiction to the Crown, and the Crown's support of the idea.  As I
> recall, this was done in such a way that the Crown's absolute right to
> appoint it's own regional warlords and kingdom warlord was 
> respected.  The
> N.R. Warlord was primarily to gather troops, promote unit fighting and
> coordination in a melee setting, and to promote participation 
> in the war
> itself.  If the Crown then chose to make use of that person 
> on site at Gulf
> War, great!  If not, a very important service to the Crown 
> and Kingdom has
> been provided and unity and cooperation amongst the Northern troops is
> increased.  PR seems like a very important piece of this 
> puzzle that's been
> lacking in the past.
> 
>     I don't know how our current N. Reg. Seneschal feels 
> about it, but I
> don't really think that in the past it has been the 
> responsibility of the N.
> Reg. Seneschal to help put on the event, though it could be 
> if that was a
> responsiblity the person in office wanted.  In looking at the 
> history of
> NRW, I think that the lack of a "lead" group, like Wiesenfeuer was for
> Tribute for many years, has left the event un-anchored.  I 
> seem to recall
> this year that Baroness Sigen put forth a call for bids to 
> sponsor the event
> (though my memory could be impaired). (I'm taking it no one 
> did, and that
> Northkeep stepped up to help?)
> 
>     The bid process is very much the way Kingdom level events 
> are done.  If,
> as some have suggested, NRW is another vehicle for our 
> working together as a
> region in preparation for eventual independence (did I say 
> that out loud?),
> we might want to approach both Tribute and Warlord in the 
> same way Crown,
> Queens and A&S are done on the Kingdom level.  Bids could 
> begin now for both
> of those events for the 2001 year.  Coordination of those 
> bids might well
> have to go through the N.R. Seneschal's office (unlike any 
> other events we
> hold).
> 
>     These thoughts are put forth to encourage more 
> discussion.  What do
> folks think about an Early Spring/Late Summer split of the 
> two events?  How
> 'bout the bid process?  What are some specific thoughts about 
> improving PR?
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Auntie Dwen
> 
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