[Steppes] Event Changes

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I agree 100% with Muireann.  There is absolutely no reason Artisan needs
to be a calendar event.  It might decrease our attendance a bit, but I
think not much.  We did not have Crown presence at Artisan until AFTER it
got to be a big event........

Artisan is very busy for both judges and Artisans, even if not for
others.  It would be almost impossible to conduct Artisan in conjunction
with either Twelfth Night or Warlord.  That was why it was separated out
to begin with.

We have had both Artisan (when it was considerably smaller) and Gulf Wars
A&S selection (when we had no merchanting, and there was a limit of 3
items) in conjunction with Twelfth Night.  In both cases, it was NOT a
good thing to do, and the consensus of opinion was not to do so again!

Limiting the number of entries for competition at Artisan and requiring
pre-reservation would be very useful for the judges, but I suspect the
limit for the number of entries would need to be around 30 or 40, which
does not exactly help conserve table space if you are talking about
Twelfth night.

Combining Artisan with Warlord would add to an already crowded schedule
and court, and the logistics would be very hard to arrange.  It takes
several hours to judge Artisan, and most of the judges are Steppes folks
who have other jobs at Warlord and do not have the time to spare.  I do
not feel this would be workable.

Suzanna, herbalist, Oak of the Steppes, past Artisan of Steppes and
Elfsea

On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:25:55 -0500 "Martha A. Compton"
<macpob1 at airmail.net> writes:
> OK, my turn.
>
> As far as dropping Warlord from the kingdom calendar, unless it has
> changed, it is in the Kingdom Law that Steppes Warlord.will take
> place
> on Memorial Day weekend.  That should tell everyone just how
> important
> the event is.
>
> Steppes 12th Night, while not in Kingdom Law, is important as well.
> A
> lot of SCA business is conducted that Saturday, official and
> unofficially.  Baron Edwin makes several good points of his own for
> leaving 12th Night the way it is.
>
> I would not change either one of them, or Fall Court.
>
> We were operating in the past on a Shire/Canton = one event, Barony
> =
> two events system.  Steppes got an extra event (for a total of 3)
> for
> being the largest barony in the kingdom.  Kingdom level events like
> Crown, Coronation, Laurel's Prize, etc. did not count against
> anyone.
> This could work again.
>
> As for Artisan, is was separated for many reasons - some I already
> seen
> discussed - but originally, like Fall Court, it too was to be a
> small
> event for us to enjoy.  The first few years that it was held as a
> separate event the "feast" was the barony providing meat and bread
> and
> the populace brought covered dishes from home in lieu of a site fee.
>  It
> has grown into the large prestigious event that it is, not because
> the
> crown might attend our event and skip Pennsic, but because we are
> THE
> STEPPES.
>
> I would leave Steppes Warlord, 12th Night and Artisan as separate
> events.  Take Artisan off of the kingdom calendar, hold it as
> usual,
> advertise on the net and in the Black Star.  We could also send out
> event announcements to every group in the kingdom, we have the
> scribes
> invitation mailing list on my computer.  We would print out the
> lables
> and send out the event flyers in a mass mailing, just like the
> event
> invitations we do twice a year.
>
> Just MHO.
>
> Muireann
>
>
>
> --
> Alis volat propriis - She flies with her own wings.
>
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