[MR] Event Bids and locations

Patrick O'Keefe cpokeefe at gmail.com
Thu Jun 5 14:26:08 PDT 2008 

at the risk of putting my foot in my mouth and starting problems.....

You mentioned the fear of the north becoming its own kingdom.....why
is that a fear.  If it did well as a principality and wanted to become
its own kingdom, what is the problem?  , I realize I know nothing of
the politics involved, would someone enligten me?

Bjorn

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Elaine Koogler <kiridono at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>>
>> 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
>> Message-ID:
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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:
>>        <1f6c05440806051346k51ff689av7b03692c72793c0b at mail.gmail.com>
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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
>>
>>
>> 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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