[MR] Fwd: Re: Unevent location - Rumor?

[Mary Bowles]

Greetings Siegfried,
 
I'm going to pipe in here. Apoligise in advance, because attendance at Unevent is a point of concern for me. 
 
It doesn't matter where the event is. We don't have any rules saying it has to be in the middle of the Kingdom. I'm sure Kingdom level officers try to make it as convenient as possible for the vast majority of the populace. The point that you are missing is that this is a REQUIRED event for all offiercers. No missisng it if you are an officer without a deputy or really good excuse. So if the Kingdom of Atlantia wanted to hold the event in Georgia. Everyone of the Seneschal's, Exchecher's, MOL's, etc. would have to make the effort to haul their personage down to Georgia. It is not a negotiable point. If you serve as an officer you are required to attend this event. That is how I read my responsiblity to the office I hold as seneschal. You might want to remind  your Archery Marshal's of this fact, if attendance is light. Yes, we are all volunteers and so on occasion we might take the office we hold a little for granted, but we are still requried to do certain things for our off
 ice,
 such as file reports, maintain the rules (list or else where) and make Unevent.
 
Thank you for allowing me to voice my opinion. 
 
In Service to Atlantia,
Lady Maria-Therese de Normand
Seneschal, Ponte Alto


Siegfried <crossbow at freeshell.org> wrote:
Rozsa ...

I highly agree with you about autocratting and hosting events ... I have 
done so a few times, and my Barony regularly hosts 3 standard events a 
year, as well as potentially others that might come up.

However, the point in this case, is this ...

I would not want Highland Foorde to host Unevent. Unevent is an event 
that the entire Kingdom (essentially) NEEDS to attend. I'm the Kingdom 
Target Archery Marshal. I want every single one of my archery marshals 
there.

Having it in any 'corner or edge' of the Kingdom, does not serve the 
Kingdom well in my opinion. Now granted, having it somewhere is better 
than nowhere :)

I don't think that I would be any happier at all, at Highland Foorde 
hosting it.

While my drive would be short, I would be guaranteed to not see my 
southern marshals.

(This doesn't mention the fact that to submit a Kingdom bid, one 
essentially needs to all footwork for a regular event that they would 
host, including procuring a site, assembling staff, preparing a budget, 
etc. Without any guarantee of having the bid accepted. While I agree 
that this is a worthy cause to pursue for an event that your group 
wishes to run. I would submit that this is not a worthy amount of time 
to spend, on an event that you would be hoping that your own group would 
not receive, and were only submitting as a 'backup' in case noone else 
had. Hence the mention that a webpage stating which events were 
without bids completely, could be worthwhile)

Siegfried



Rachel/Rozsa wrote:
> Siegfried,
> 
> Any time your branch would be interested in hosting a Kingdom level event
> they should put a bid in, not just when one has not been received. A
> variety of bids to choose from usually results in higher quality and better
> thought out events for the Kingdom to attend.
> 
> Autocratting and hosting events can be a very rewarding experience - in
> addition to the obvious advantage of having the event in your back yard! :)
> 
> Rozsa
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