[Steppes] Radical Idea

[Michelle Dodd]

I'm pretty sure that materials would have to be donated, either by us or by builders that have throw away stock. Some times places like Home Depot or Lowes will have damaged boxes of stock that they will sell for a discount. But I don't think that we can use "Society" funds.
Gabriele

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, white russian in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"  

> From: ladycatalina at hotmail.com> To: faelancaimbeul at gmail.com; glaslyn at lists.ansteorra.org; lindenwood at lists.ansteorra.org; steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:54:24 +0100> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Radical Idea> > I would be willing to spend some of my weekend time on this. If I can tile a > bathroom I can help on construction of a building. The real kicker would be > money for building material.....I'm not sure how SCA financial bylaws look > at something like this.> > > > Catalina> Sanguinem dumtaxat causam virtutis pendate> > > > > > >From: "Faelan Caimbeul" <faelancaimbeul at gmail.com>> >To: "Glaslyn Mailing List" <glaslyn at lists.ansteorra.org>,"Lindenwood > >Mailing List" <lindenwood at lists.ansteorra.org>,"Steppes List" > ><steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>> >Subject: [Steppes] Radical Idea> >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:40:09 -0600> >> >I had an idea yesterday, and I'm trying to see if people would be > >interested> >in helping with this.> >> >It's been said that the only way we're going to get a Warlord site with> >everything we want is to build it ourselves. How many people would be> >willing to put their muscle where their mouth is?> >> >I was looking at potential sites for recruiting demos yesterday and so I of> >course checked all the local Renfaires. Four Winds Renfair runs from March> >to April and is never open on Memorial Day weekend. The site has shade,> >flushies, hot showers, electricity in the camping area, running water, a> >period town and equestrian arena complete with jousting area. Oh, and it's> >all on private property, so we can keep the public out. Anyone wondering> >around would be trespassing, and subject to arrest.> >> >As an added bonus, the site is 338 acres, with woods, stream and fields> >(that's nearly twice the size of Pennsic from what I'm told) and again,> >since it's on private land, and a Renfair, the option of building permanent> >structures to meet our needs is there. It's just south of Ennis, so not too> >terribly far, and near hotels.> >> >If this site doesn't work out, there's also Middlefair which currently has> >land, and one building. Period.> >> >My idea is this. How many people would be willing, at several points during> >the faire's off season, make an "event" out of it and form a working party> >to build what we need, repair what's there and make whatever changes we and> >the owners need done for each of our activities? The bargain I wish to> >strike is similar to Pennsic and Gulf War's arrangements of trading labor,> >time and some money for a permanent site with all we could hope for.> >Ideally, I'd like to include free (meaning no $$$) use of the site for our> >one event each year (and possibly Three Kings as well to make it more worth> >our time and money).> >> >Along with working parties we would also have a booth there during their > >run> >and have fighting and bardcraft "performance", of which the owners aren't> >paying for and will add to their draw of customers and hence our potential> >pool of new recruits as well. I know we have several swordsmen that can, > >and> >do, ham it up for the crowds on occasion and would make a great showing.> >> >Thoughts?> >> >Faelan> >_______________________________________________> >Steppes mailing list> >Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> >http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org> > _________________________________________________________________> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/> > _______________________________________________> Steppes mailing list> Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org