[Steppes] Event Changes - long

[Aaron Robb]

--- "morgancain at earthlink.net" <morgancain at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Given that people do not distinguish between "on board" and "off
> board,"
> but mix together, I think having the tables at the back is
> unnecessary
[snip]

Well, there are issues with segregating feast ppl, etc. [good luck if
you try it :) ], but there are still non-feast eaters who will need
table space, however you arrange them. And we are *full* at Sokol
hall.

> Given that
> there is no real distinction, and I don't think many of the back
> tables
> were used last 12th Night, at least during the day, why not have
> the Artisans set up, and then take down for supper?

Having done that once, it is a pain and very labor intensive. Judging
runs late, the people in the back don't load out on time, ppl come in
and can't sit down because there's no space, etc.

> My thought is that there is very little going on early in the day.
> This
> would be a good time to have the displays and judging, in a
> concentrated
> timeframe - 10:00am to 4:00pm?  Does it take more than six hours to
> judge?

Well, if you don't have most ppl getting there until 1-2 pm, and then
set up, etc. it's kind of setting yourself up to run long. And
speaking as a former autorcrat, I would hate to have the mid day
change-of-set that a 4:00 change over would take.

> That still gives time to unset the displays and let people set up
> for
> supper, assuming a 5:30-6:00pm scheduled start for the meal.

Unfortunately the room is pretty full at that point, and part of the
event is to be social before the-court-that-never-ends starts up.

> A tent in Texas in January?  Could work and could be pretty
> horrible.

If you set it up so that the tent is adjacent to the back door
there's not really any worry about rain, and a few space heaters can
keep it nice and toasty.

> Good point, Philo, about Artisan fitting in better with the
> "attitude" of
> 12th Night than Warlord.

Yeah. If we could find a bigger hall that might be ideal, but you
never know.

Also, if they would rent us out the whole building (bar room and all)
we could do artisan inside. Sokol might be happier closing the bar
for one day and getting our $$$ than having us go elsewhere...

>                                  ---= Morgan


Philo

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Aaron D. Robb, M.Ed., NCC, LPC

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All my dreams are made of chrome / I have no way to get back
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