SR - A Regional Event

[Lori Campbell]

Conor asked:
> > What exactly do we do at a Tribute.  The event name means nothing to 
> >me.  Any other ideas?

Timo replied: 
> The north has a Northern Regional Tribute every year. Each group takes care
> of one thing.... etc. etc. etc.  All the profits are donated to the kingdom.

The name "Northern Regional Tribute to Ansteorra" came about because 
the initial stated purpose of this particular event was to raise 
money for the kingdom - every activity was run as a fund raiser.  

Originally this was a one-time-only event, but during clean-up on 
Sunday, everyone was already asking what they could do for next year. 
Rather than dampen enthusiasm, the event continued.  While it's true 
that the North ended up raising well over $2,000 profit for the 
kingdom at that first event, the money really just ended up being 
icing on the cake.  The real reward was having a great deal of fun 
and learning to work well together.  I think this is the real reason 
(and I think most of the region would agree with me) that this event 
goes on.

I can highly recommend regional events as a way to help people 
get to know each other and learn to appreciate their neighboring 
group's talents.  I don't necessarily think an event like this has to 
be a fund raiser, but a common goal really does serve as a rallying 
point for all the groups.  It makes what everyone does (whether it's 
supplying the privies with toilet paper or, sitting gate through the 
night, or cooking a feast) of equal importance with respect to the 
overall scheme of things.  I definitely think that was the largest 
contributing factor in "Tribute's" success.   

Personally, I think that with the enthusiasm for a principality being 
what it is in the South, that would be the obvious motivator for such 
an event.  If I were to make any suggestions to people trying to 
organize an event like "Tribute" (where everyone is involved), it 
would have to be to appoint a good "home-base" group to serve as the 
organizational center.  This group would be responsible for securing 
the kingdom calendar date, locating a site and finding a good 
coordinating autocrat to organize the participation of the other 
groups.  

If it would help, I'm sure that anyone thinking about coordinating 
such an event could contact the person who created and organized the 
first (and many subsequent) Northern Region Tribute - Bs. Gitana de 
Castile (hlgitana at aol.com).  While a very experienced autocrat can 
coordinate an event of this size, there are many things about this 
kind of event that were found to be different from organizing 
run-of-the-mill "regional" events - especially in the area of how to 
handle income, expenses and reimbursements.  I'm sure Gitana would be 
happy to offer suggestions or answer questions, if needed.

Hope this helps!

- HRH  Kat 
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Lori Campbell
lcampbel at ossm.edu
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