[Sca-cooks] Numbers was Protectorate Feast-Part I

[Terry Decker]

If we can't depend on analyzing prior years, it's going to put the methods
of estimating Ansteorran feast sizes in the realm of divination.  It may
move Ansteorran feasts to being prepaid.  That would be good for keeping
events in the black, but a lot of Ansteorrans might not like it.

Bear

> KWCostuming was also down with maybe 1/2 as many classes
> being offered this year. Don't know about numbers but class sessions
> were much smaller. Maybe combined rapier and costuming is not a bad
> combination afterall. This makes it all the more difficult to plan for
> events
> with feasts if the numbers are going to vary widely.
>
> Johnnae
>
>
> > Bear commented:
> >
> >> The Protectorate XXVIII Feast was planned for 272 people, 228 paying
> >> and 48
> >> comps. Unfortunately we came nowhere near this. Known World Aademy of
> >> the
> >> Rapier in the southern half of the kingdom drew most of our light
> >> weapons
> >> crowd. Limited advertising and threats of extreme weather added to the
> >> problem. Overall attendance was 100-150 people below previous
> >> years.---------
> >
> > Well, according the to the Event Stewards for Known World Academy of
> > the Rapier, whom I was talking to at the resturant after our baronial
> > meeting tonight, KWAR was down 75 to 125 folks from their expected
> > number. They thought it was probably because of the Great Western War
> > in the west and the economy. The event did not meet their original
> > break even attendee numbers, but because of some savings from the
> > budgeted amounts, it may not have lost money.
> > This last Pennsic was also way down to just over 11K attendees
> > compared to last years 13K.
> > But since the economy is doing just fine, according to that guy who
> > happens to be in the White House, these downturns must not have
> > anything to do with the economy.
> > Stefan
> >