[MR] Conflicts with Holiday Faire weekend

[Roy B. Scherer]

At 09:23 AM1/19/2006, Gorm of Berra wrote:
>Umm...folks....calm down a bit...
>
>Conflicts happen...think about it...

         Yeah, what Gorm said!
-- Britton


>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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