[MR] Event Bids and Driving Distances

[Signora Sveva Lucciola]

I am lucky to live more toward the Southern middle of the Kingdom, but
I still feel your pain and hope that your group does get to do a
Kingdom event at some point soon. 

I do not know what factors went into the event bid selection process,
but I could see how in addition to the driving distance, the higher
chance of roads being blocked due to snow at 12th Night time might have
also been a concern with your location. 

As for making things more affordable to the average SCA person, there
are some practices that seem to be less and less utilized. Namely
carpooling and crash space. Both of these not only help stretch your
SCA $, but they help to foster new acquaintances and friendships within
the Society! 

Good luck with your upcoming Highland River Melees!

Sveva

--- Lady Margaret <ladysayher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> I am writing to you today as a co-autocrat, and not as a Chatelaine. 
> I feel
> that it should be known that the Barony of Highland Foorde did put in
> a bid
> for 12th Night, 2009, way before the deadline of June 1st, but our
> bid was
> not accepted because we are considered to be too far away.
> 
> A couple of thoughts on this:
> 
> 1.  As a first time co-autocrat, I personally am very sad this has
> happened.  I am also sad on behalf of the other people of Highland
> Foorde
> who were very excited about the possibility of holding our FIRST
> Kingdom
> event.
> 
> 2. I think we all know that in our mundane lives, the effect of gas
> prices
> are not going to be alleviated in the near future.  And from reliable
> sources, this will be getting a lot worse for awhile. For Highland
> Foorde's
> people in the western panhandle of Maryland, I believe it is
> approximately a
> 10 hour trip to get to most of the events in Southern Atlantia.
> That's a lot
> of time and money to invest.
> Maybe a couple of choices for Atlantia to be more green would be; a)
> either
> find one or two permanent locations for *Kingdom *Events (Crown,
> Unevent.
> etc.) somewhere in the *middle *of Atlantia, or b) we need to look at
> beginning a new Kingdom.
> Many of us are not made of money, and I know for some it is getting
> harder
> to attend events that are not in their own 'back yard'.
> I think it is time to come up with some real solutions that would
> benefit
> everyone.
> 
> 
> Lady Margaret
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Duchess Simone wrote:
> * The deadline for bids for Kingdom 12th night has been moved to July
> 1,
> 2008.
> This will allow us to firm up the event before Pennsic and
> Coronation. If
> anyone has plans to submit a bid or any group is working on a bid
> please
> contact me now so I can answer any questions and address any specific
> needs
> for this 12th night. Please plan to submit bids by the deadline.
> 
> In addition we are in need of bids for the following events:
> 
> Fall University 10/4/08
> Fall Crown 11/1/08
> Unevent 12/6/08
> Winter University 2/7/09 (75th session)
> Kingdom A&S 3/7/09
> Tournament of Chivalry 4/18/09
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Duchess Simone
> Kingdom Event Bid Deputy*
>
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