[Steppes] Event Changes

[Charlie Ribron II]

I agree give fall court a chance.
We do need to do more mini collegiums and let the aspiring autocrat learn in
doing them. The reason I say this the first event I autocrated was Warlord
XII and at the time it was the most attendrd Warlord and real hard lesson in
running an event. Then I co-autocrated Warlord 2 years ago.
At the size of these events we don't need to but them together because they
will become to large to do and I believe will become unfun.
Ld Carlos
-----Original Message-----
From: Cleek, James M. <James.M.Cleek at abc.com>
To: 'steppes at ansteorra.org' <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Date: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Event Changes


>For teaching of the various Arts we have started our mini collegiums. The
>two we have had have been well attended, except for some kind of tree
>harvest and carnivore cook off that tromped on the attendance of the last
>one.
>Although Warlord, Artisan, and Twelfth Night are very large events, Fall
>Court is not. It is designed to be a chance for the Steppes to relax and
>have some fun. A&S classes, pumpkin carving, and Brewing/Drinking are all
>planned. There is even word of period gaming and gambling this year. Let's
>be sure to give it a chance before we write it off as to big.
>
>Cool, P-Funk I remember. When will the mother ship take us away.
>
>Iames
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick Cuccurello [mailto:pat at adtelusa.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:08 PM
>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>Subject: RE: [Steppes] Event Changes
>
>
>I will also bring up another portion of this that I find particularly
>frustrating, and a portion that has for all intensive purposes lessened my
>involvement.  Where I truly love my Arts--cooking, brewing, woodworking,
>etc.... I really enjoy the subtle organization of Events and the teaching
of
>people how to do that very thing.  Unfortunately Steppes has four events,
>and they are all monsters.  12th Night, Steppes A&S, Warlord, Fall Court.
>None of them exactly something for a new and aspiring Autocrat to cut their
>teeth on.  Each one of them so large and based in their own traditions that
>they have a natural inertia that prevents change.  A case in point was
>adding the Pas d'Arms to Steppes Artisan.  In some aspects you would think
>that we were overthrowing the King and setting up a Parliament (and not
"The
>Clones of Dr. Funkenstein" type either--if you get the joke you are very
old
>and have esoteric tastes in music <<grin>>).
>
>Now we are talking about limiting those events even more to compensate for
a
>Kingdom Calendar that is full, but no one really travels outside their
>Region for.   This will only exacerbate our problem of training people to
>run our events.  This is a problem not just for Steppes, but compounded for
>every group out there.  That only leaves us with the option of planning our
>events as a massive "super events" and have sub-autocrats to cover the
>various areas in order train them to take over the larger duties.  The only
>problem with that is we lose innovation, variety, and a wealth of new ideas
>because we are hamstrung within the bondage or our "Traditional Events"
>framework.  Granted, I tend to lean less to the traditional side of things,
>but it seems to me that we have basically narrowed our choices to nil, and
>now seek to narrow them even more.  I am not even certain that limiting
>events is the solution to the problem or just the Band-Aid in an attempt to
>appease people for a time. That is being done because in order to address
>the real problems would require an overhaul of an existing system in place
>for 20 years that would most certainly gore many people's yaks.  The
>resulting s*** storm would be greater than anyone volunteering their time
>would care to deal with, and I cannot fault them for that.  Hence we end up
>with stasis and entropy.
>
>I don't know if anyone else even considers this an issue to address or even
>a problem.  If not, I'll just consider myself being a malcontent as usual
>and move on  <<grin>>.  I don't know what the answer is, or even if there
is
>a solution given the current circumstances.  I do however believe that we
as
>a group can accomplish anything we choose to and have the fortitude to
stand
>behind.
>
>Ride well,
>Petruccio
>
><<<<now where did I put those mint leaves.......hic....excuse me>>>>
>
>
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