[Sca-cooks] Adjusting your Feast budget for Comps

[Deborah Hammons]

>From the information I have, they are to be "part" of the people I agree to
feed.  I put my foot down early when I agreed to cook for no more than 250,
and no feast would be sold at the door (which has been done in the area it
is being held in).  I have the impression that there isn't a large concern
whether or not the event looses money, because "Kingdom" is paying for it.
 And my personal pride is taking a hit, because for the first time in 25
years of cooking, I might loose money on a feast.  I have an email in to the
Kingdom Seneschal and Exchequer.  Yikes.

Aldyth

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:

> I'm assuming that these people being comped are being added to the
> number of people you agreed to feed in the first place?
>
> Easily handled. You tell them that either your budget is increased by
> X number of dollars per person comped, or else the only people comped
> are going to be Their Incoming Majesties.
>
> If they don't like it, here's the food you bought, here's the bills,
> and they can bloody well find themselves another sucker.
>
> If they give you any flak, you can tell them that you contracted to do
> a feast for X number of people for $750, you will provide a feast for
> X number of people for $750, and that's it.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Deborah Hammons
> <mistressaldyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Today I received a partial list of people who will be comped for
> Coronation
> > in May. Only the in Kingdom people so far, no visiting royalty is
> included.
> > It amounts to $375 of my feast budget of $750.  I will absolutely confess
> it
> > is taking a forklift to lift my jaw off the ground.  Coming from a small
> > shire who has done Kingdom events before, and never comped this many
> people
> > before....I am at somewhat of a loss.  Has anyone else here had to deal
> with
> > this deep of a cut?  How did you manage it?  I have already published a
> > menu, and started buying supplies.
> >
> > For background, the past two sets of Crown and Coronation have been
> > "centralized" by a royal decree.  So they are taking place in two
> baronies,
> > but other individuals/groups are actually "doing" them.  Kingdom is
> > financing. This will probably change at this Coronation, going back to a
> bid
> > system.
> >
> > Aldyth The more than slightly peeved
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