[MR] (no subject)

[Ryan Matthews]

These are valid points, but I think that there are two things that you may not be considering.

On point one, since it is a consistent event site, and the same type of event each time, the Event Staff will have the ability to learn from those who have previously held the event at that site.  Information could be compiled year-after-year and be available to the Autocrat of the next event 6 months to a year in advance which would be plenty of time to validate that the information was current and applicable without having to reinvent the wheel.

On point two, I'm sure (since crown is a kingdom event) that prospective autocrats will have no problem recruiting locals (by a well-placed advert on the lists of local/semi-local groups) to perform time-sensitive functions.

YIS,
Rurik (Ryan)

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There are two major problems with trying to do a remote event.  The first, and most difficult, is how, when the site is a long ways away, to get -stuff done with and for the site prior to the event.  Whoever is the autocrat (and the head cook) will have to have feet on the ground local to the site. There are things that just can't be done from a distance, like visiting the site to determine where things are located, how to set up the feast hall and information about the capabilities of the kitchen.  It will also be necessary that a lot of the ingredients for a feast will have to be
purchased locally, which puts the cook at a distinct disadvantage.  One of
the big things about cooking a feast for a large crowd is locating places to purchase those ingredients at a good price.
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The other is that there will be problems with finding an autocrat and cook
for a remote event.  For example, if the event were to be sponsored by Dun
Carraig (located in Maryland), the distance to the site is such that it
would require these folks to take a day off from their jobs in order to be
at the site before it opens...they would need to be there at least several
hours early so that they could get things in place before the first
attendees arrive.  They would also need to have the folks doing field setup, running the admissions gate and merchant liaison there before the site opened as well.
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