[MR] Conflicts with Holiday Faire weekend

[Jennifer Dobyns]

Well, I hadn't intended it to be a private reply, so thanks for  
catching that.  It was really a question in general about how things  
work and how such a numerical problem could come about and how could  
it be fixed. Purely intellectual curiosity, I don't want to open up  
another can of worms, this one's wiggling quite enough!

Genevieve

On Jan 19, 2006, at 7:09 PM, Gorm of Berra wrote:

> (Just so ya know, this came just to me, not to me and the MR...but  
> I'm replying anyway)
>
> Well, there's a couple of options.  The Kingdom could be split in  
> two, as was tried several years ago.  It may be time, perhaps.
>
> Alternatively, folks can realize that there's going to be  
> conflicts, and deal with it.  Unfortunately, that will just lead to  
> more issues like this one. :(
>
> On 1/19/06, Jennifer Dobyns <jendobyns at verizon.net> wrote:
> Which begs the question, why are we so watered down, which in some
> ways appears to be the case.  Some of us already combine our human
> (and material) resources so much, it would make competition for dates
> a lot easier if we combined in reality.
>
> Can a barony, once divided, be put back together?  Can the lines be
> redrawn? Or are they pretty much set in stone?
>
> Genevieve D'Aubigne
>
> On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Gorm of Berra wrote:
>
> > Umm...folks....calm down a bit...
> >
> > Conflicts happen...think about it...
> >
> > There are 52 weekends in a year.
> > Kingdom reserves, by law or tradition, (at least) 11 of them for
> > Kingdom
> > events, that leaves 41
> > Pennsic spans 3 weekends (you can't schedule against Pennsic unless
> > you
> > anticipate low attendance or are having a "pity party"), leaving 38
> > You can't schedule against Christmas, Thanksgiving, or the 4th of
> > July,
> > leaving 35 weekends.
> >
> > There are *49* groups in Atlantia (counting all branch types),  
> plus 2
> > incipient branches.  Each group is expected to host at least one
> > event a
> > year, and is allowed to "no conflict" 1 event.  By definition there
> > will be
> > conflict, even with no conflicts allowed.
> >
> > "But couldn't they have chosen to conflict with something in South
> > Carolina?"  Let's see....just in Maryland and Virginia, there are
> > 22 groups
> > (11 Baronys, 5 shires, 4 cantons 2 colleges), and one incipient
> > group.  Every Barony hosts at least 2 events a year, and every
> > other group
> > hosts at least one...guess what....that adds up to 36 events...35
> > weekends....oops.
> >
> > Every year, at least one group gets it's sacred cow gored.  Last  
> year,
> > Rivers Point had to give up our "traditional" (we'd been hosting
> > the event
> > for 5 years) weekend for Last Chance so Black Diamond could host
> > King's
> > Assessment.  We handled it diplomatically and nicely.  Caer Mear
> > passed up
> > Emerald Joust one year for Atlantian 20 year celebration (or
> > "Atlantian 20
> > year flood", whichever you prefer).  I suspect every single group
> > can relate
> > a similar story.
> >
> > It happens...deal with it...diplomatically would be a better plan
> > than by
> > boycotts and waging war and all that (although...it would be viable
> > event
> > schtick....).
> >  
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