[Steppes] Populace locations-map included

[Regan Caimbeul]

Hi again.

I just went through the business meeting notes, and populace was scheduled
for the entire year in either January (first 6 months) or February (the rest
of the year was scheduled).  Three people have "double dipped" and if I
remember it was by choice when we were scheduling.  (I remember that 2007
was difficult to schedule.)  I could be wrong and I don't wish to put words
in anyone's mouth, but I am just going from what I remember from the meeting
and that the dates went pretty fast.

Looking at the schedule for the 2008, we have Garland (x2), Irving (x1),
Duncanville (x1), Richardson (x2), Wylie (x2), Dallas/mesquite (x2),
McKinney, and Denton-ish.  I just mapped it out.  Looks like a good mix too
me.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=wylie,+tx&daddr=1529+Bosque+Dr,+Garland,+TX+75040+to:7135+Vinland+St.,+Dallas,+TX+75227-1829+to:mckinney,+tx+to:duncanville,+tx+to:Irving,+tx+to:aubrey,+tx+to:Richardson,+tx&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=32.97454,-96.812105&sspn=1.142849,1.757813&ie=UTF8&z=9

Faelan and I are (as some people have said) "in friggin' Oklahoma" and I'm
pretty sure that we've made it to just about of the populace meetings this
year, except Duncanville, because of the distance and the time it would take
to get there after work.

 On that note-I know a couple of new-comers had come to me to ask how they
could host a populace, and I told them to contact Her Excellency and
Dietrich about possibly next year, since the entire year had been scheduled.
(so if you want to host next year-Please contact them!)

Thanks for the bandwidth.

Regan

*Snip*

 as far as moving it to someones home....we have a hard enough time getting
> people to volunteer their homes for one meeting/revel a month. Last night
> someone suggested that we have populace meetings set in intrabaronial
> regions, like coronations or other kingdom level events are set in regional
> rotations. That is a lovely idea, but we have to have people in those areas
> willing to host. If you will note, many of our populace meetings are in the
> same places over and over. This isn't necessarily because we want to have
> them for a specific reason, but because we can't always get people to host,
> otherwise. The same folks volunteer over and over because the dates often go
> wanting unless they take them. Lasguaard and I have hosted two
> meetings/revels this year and last. This year was by choice, but last year
> we took a second and nearly a third month because no one else was willing to
> commit to them. I would like to do at least one a year,(it's a great reason
> for doing a big houseclea
>  ning and keep from driving a long distance) but if someone else would like
> to pick up either March or July next year....be my guest!
> *Snip*