[MR] Unevent and 12th Night question

[The Sheltons]

Actually, there IS now a funding source for Unevent sites albeit a
relatively small one.  The fund is for reimbursement of site cost up to $250
and this was done directly in response to the issue of not being able to
find suitable free sites.  Most Unevents are held in large churches or
schools but often there is a custodian required to be in attendance.  This
fee is meant for site expenses such as that.

Baroness Fiona is working on Unevent and 12th NIght sites with Lady Tonwen.
If your group can host...I bet they would LOVE to hear from you.

Anne le Coeur, OP
Seneschal-Atlantia (three days and counting!)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Montuori" <damont at wolfstar.com>
To: "The Merry Rose at Cheapside" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] Unevent and 12th Night question


> Respondit Herveus ad Halima:
>>> I know it's far out, but does any have an inkling of where Unevent and
>>> 12th Night are going to be?
>>
>> it's not far out at all. Atlantia has had a chronic problem with finding
>> suitable bids (or even bids at all) for kingdom events...
>
> and they aren't the only kingdom who has these issues...
>
>> There are diverse reasons for the difficulties that I won't try to list
>> or explain, save to note that "human failings" is not very high on the
>> list of reasons.
>
> With specific reference to Unevent, the biggest challenge is finding a
> site affordable enough that still meets requirements. Unevent does not
> have a site fee, and it would be utterly impractical to charge one; but
> unlike University, there is no strong culture of making donations to
> mitigate the cost, nor is there any fund for making up shortfalls. I've
> been somewhat involved with an Unevent bid not too long ago, and a big
> question that had to be asked was "Is the group willing to eat the entire
> cost of the site in order to have Unevent close by?"... because the
> hosting group is likely to end up eating most, if not all, of the costs;
> or at least that is the perception, and if it's inaccurate, *please*
> enlighten us all because the kingdom could seriously use more event bids!
>
> Evan
> ========================================================================
>                   The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside
>    List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
>  Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subscriptions: http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia