[MR] Permanent Site for Crown Tourney

[Kelly Keck]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Esa Kirkepatrike <mered95 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> At this point, I feel that we have wandered too far off topic. There is a multitude of issues/questions/problems/fears that can be discussed about all of this. However, at this time the only real item on the table for debate is the concept of a permanent site for Crown Tournament (Fall and Spring). The site would be Betsy Jeff Penn 4H camp in Reidsville, NC. The hosting group would be determined by lottery. If the seated monarchs wish to move Crown, they will have that prerogative, as long as the new bid covers any fee that may be incurred from canceling.
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In response to Her Majesty's request to focus the discussion...


I'm not sure a lottery is the best way to choose the hosting group.
Even with the site and location being set, I would think the kingdom
would still wish to see a bid.  What experience does the autocrat
have?  Are there people for other staff positions?  What does the
overall budget look like?  Etc.  I think we might have better events
if the normal proposal process was used, but the site was made
available for groups to use when putting their bids in.

If we do use a lottery system, I think that it should be limited to
groups who have volunteered.  (I may be stating the obvious, but I
wasn't clear whether the hosting group would be chosen from *all*
branches, and I wouldn't want to see a group put in a bad spot because
it's "their turn" and they aren't able to host.)  And, if we're using
a lottery system, I'd recommend disqualifying the groups that hosted
the previous 2 or 3 (though they might disqualify themselves anyway).

In Service,
Adriana Michaels