[Steppes] Twelfth Night -- major decision in front of us.

[shark]

I'm glad we are discussing this on the list too! 

My thoughts similar to Duncan's. It doesn't seem to be a good idea to have the only armigerous award events for Steppes so close together on the calendar. We will wait a long time from Artisan to Warlord to have another opportunity to give out those types of awards. I think that could negatively impact the Barony and make rewarding and recognizing people more difficult than it needs to be.

As has been stated, the crown usually can't make Artisan. Also, combining Artisan with another event will diminish it, IMO. So to me, the option I would choose is to take Artisan off of the kingdom calendar, and put 12th Night on. We will still have a Steppes Artisan, and I don't think folks attend that because it is a Kingdom event (I could be wrong). My only worry about this option is if it would negatively impact participation in Steppes Artisan over time. 

The downside of a regional 12th night might be the size and length of the Court. I hear people complaining about the length of court at 12th Night now. Regionalizing might make this issue worse (that's not an issue for me). Also, since Elfsea is gaining new baronial leadership, this issue might not be resolved for quite some time... I don't know that for sure, just guessing. One more thought, now we control 12th Night. Getting a wider ownership of this event might change it in ways we can't predict, in ways we might not like. 

Due to the high attendance of 12th Night, this issue and it's resolution will have a pretty big impact on our barony. I'm glad we are trying to get all options addressed and evaluated before we make a final decision about what to do.


In service,
Susanne
Chronicler



----- Original Message ----
From: Duncan Hepburn <duncan at stormypetrel.org>
Cc: steppes at ansteorra.org
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:47:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Twelfth Night -- major decision in front of us.

This was good timing on Master Robin's part to bring this up now. We 
have enough time to make the switch for next year, and we still have 
Artisan on the calendar for this year.

I don't see an issue with Artisan (re)becoming an non-calendar event. As 
it was stated, the Artisan title given can be given without a royal 
court. Local titles (i.e. Artisan) and non-armigerous awards could still 
be given (acorns, grices, etc.) Also, Artisan always falls right around, 
if not during Pennsic, which the crown would be at anyway. We have a 
major event 2 months before Artisan that any awards could be given out 
at... so saying we need it on the calendar to give awards is a weak 
argument.

I agree that combining it with 12th Night would be asking for trouble, 
due to the space that Artisan would take, and the toll on the judges.

Combining 12th Night with Coronation might be feasible... even 
forgetting about the whole calendar issue, both events are a lot of 
carousing and court foo.

In a nutshell,

Duncan