[MR] Event Bids and locations

Thu Jun 5 14:11:09 PDT 2008

My Lady,
I hate to disagree with you, but many of us can remember a Twelfth Night in
Black Diamond, just off of Interstate 81, that turned into 13th, 14th and
15th Nights because the Interstate itself was closed!  I don't know about
others, but I came close to losing my job because I couldn't get out of
Blacksburg until Wednesday of the week after the event...and even then
almost didn't make it home as we got caught in yet another storm.  But to be
honest, I'm not certain it was a weather problem...Black Diamond, Storvik,
Lochmere and Dun Carraig have all hosted this event and we are also subject
to snow events...even Richmond and Raleigh aren't completely out of danger!
I think it really does have to do with Highland Foorde being so very far
north...even for some of us in the northern region, it is as much as 4 or 5
hours away...unfortunately.

I was part of the last effort to create a northern principality, but it was
unsuccessful for a number of reasons, at least part of which were a fear
that we wanted to become a Kingdom...and the fear of many in the southern
part of the Kingdom that we would ignore the rest of the Kingdom.  I do
think that, given the cost of travel and the situation with the economy, it
may be something we want to consider again.

Kiri

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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:14:17 -0400
> From: "Glynis Gwynedd" <ylandra at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Event Bids and Driving Distances
> To: "Signora Sveva Lucciola" <ladysveva at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Lady Margaret <ladysayher at gmail.com>, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
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> In actuality, my lady Sveva, the chances of the roads being blocked
> due to snow in this area are extremely remote.  The complex in
> question is immediately off of a major 4 lane road, which is only a
> few miles off of interstate 70.  It is all highway miles the entire
> way there on this end of the trip.  I am fairly certain that the
> possibility of roads being blocked is not too big of a concern here.
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Signora Sveva Lucciola
> <ladysveva at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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 Glynis Gwynedd
> Barony of Highland Foorde
> "Have you hugged a harp today?"
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:46:14 -0400
> From: "Glynis Gwynedd" <ylandra at gmail.com>
> Subject: [MR] Pictures of Adam of Erin
> To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Message-ID:
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> For those who aren't sure who Adam is... the pictures in the link
> below say it all.  Adam stood guard at my wedding, fully prepared to
> stave off the trouble that might have started.  He was there when I
> needed someone to talk to about some difficult things.  He promoted
> our Barony, started a group of people rolling on getting a canton
> started, he was one of the founding members of Highland Foorde and
> helped get Spiaggia Levantia started too.  He fought, he marshalled,
> he cooked, he served.  And he always did it with a smile.  I will
> surely miss him.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: James Debes <lordshamus69 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:45 AM
> Subject: [Bright Hills] Pictures of Adam of Erin
> To: brighthills at yahoogroups.com
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>
> Here some photos I had taken of Adam at various events dating from
> 2001-2008.
>
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordseamus/sets/72157605439649809/detail/
>
>
>
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> --
> ~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
> Barony of Highland Foorde
> "Have you hugged a harp today?"
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