[Steppes] Warlord XXX - Thoughts on Change

[Aaron Robb]

--- Patrick Cuccurello <pat at adtelusa.com> wrote:
> Why is it not *appropriate*?  It's the Baronies event, not the
> Steward's.
> The Steward has to plan around the needs of the populous and Their
> Excellencies.  It would seem to me that any
> Steward would be happy to have a basic roadmap to work from when they
> hit
> the ground.

Speaking from my limited experience, so much is chosen already in the way
many events work, especially the major, long standing events, that we are
not discussing 'basic roadmap' but much tighter constraints. the 'basic
roadmap' is fairly detailed already, either by direction or the difficulty
in getting people to cope with change ("but it's *always* been this way).

> It also provides an excellent way of getting sub-stewards
> over
> particular areas because those people interested have made their desires
> known.
>
> Waiting to make decision or discuss concepts until an Steward is chosen
> provides unwarranted delay in the planning process.  Why waste 2,3,4
> weeks
> of planning on issues that *any* Steward is going to have to deal with
> just
> because they are not selected yet?  In the real world you don't quit
> discussing bond issues in an election year until the Mayor is chosen.

This, I think, goes to the different concepts on just what an 'autocrat',
'event steward' etc. is supposed to be. The only way to get people to do
this (mostly difficult and headache inducing) job is to give them some
leeway over how things work. From what I can tell there is little enough
leeway in the major events, I can hardly imagine someone putting in a
"bid" for an event that is totally predetermined. They still might apply
to run the event, but the "bid" process generally seems to be geared
towards putting competing autocart ideas up against each other and taking
the best.

> Petruccio

Just my $.02,

Philo

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

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                                        -Palatine of Posen

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