NR - Northern Retional Tribute
W. C. Smith
wcsmith at ionet.net
Sun Dec 31 15:24:00 PST 2000
At 04:45 PM 12/31/00 EST, HEGitana wrote:
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>Many feel that
>last years Northern Regional Tribute was a success in terms of money alone.
>Moral was at an all time low. The tension and animosity was so thick you
>could have cut it with a knife.
OK... enough is enough! The fact is last year's Tribute a great success?
Was there "tension" and "animosity"? Not in widespread terms as suggested.
In fact, the only "tension and animosity" I and the rest of the event
staff were aware of was with a select few individuals and their close
circles of friends. As for the morale comment... I saw no such problems
as gentle after gentle came up to me and/or H.E. Catrin thanking us for
such a wonderfully uniting event. Throughout the day Sat. I saw mostly
smiling faces that were enjoying the day's activities (with only a few
distinct exceptions). And lastly, I saw no "morale" problems Sun.
afternoon after the event when MANY of us participated in a rousing game of
"broom & duct-tape- ball hockey" in the hall. We had a blast!
>I can only speak for myself, but when Wiesenfeuer voted on whether or not to
>host the seventh Northern Regional Tribute my vote was no, because I felt
>that it was becoming a political platform to promote the Region and not the
>Kingdom. The original purpose of this event was to honor our Kingdom by
>raising needed funds and generate camaraderie among the people of the
>Northern Region. This remained the focus for six years.
I'm sorry but I don't see that this focus has changed. There are only a
few who seem to be bent on making Tribute a "political forum". And I don't
believe they're the ones you're thinking of.
Also, what's wrong with promoting the Region while honoring our great
Kingdom? With the exception of a few more vocal individuals, I believe we
are a strong, united Region, capable of doing anything we set our minds to.
So I ask you to please lay off attacking last year's Tribute, and in fact,
Tribute in general.
Master Artorius ap Caradoc
Coordinating Autocrat for N.R. Tribute VII
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