[MR] Event Bids and Driving Distances

[Lady Margaret]

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*