[MR] Permanent Site for Crown Tourney

[Duane Moore]

That is very very true. 

I can attest that several kingdom events have been held in the Caer Mear area over the last couple of years simply because there were no other bids and we stepped up to help out, usually after a deadline had passed. 

As to the comment that we should have one Crown a year in Richmond - good luck with that. Finding a site that requires all that the SCA has decided is neccessary as base minimium coupled with insurance hikes have made it extremely difficul to find sites in the central VA area to begin with. I would wager that a set contract would help in some regards though.

...We used to have events in fields for cripes sake...these days the laundry list of things needed for a successful bid makes many sites undesirable. I know that we have recently looked for both Coronation and Crown and have been unable to find sites that meet the needs of the Kingdom. 

I'm not a hugh fan of Besty-Jeff or of making it a twice a year Crown site (I would prefer to see Crown and all Kingdom events rotate throughout the Kingdom, but I am very aware at just how difficult that process has proven to be over the last several years) but you have to admit that it is new thinking on a very old problem, and might be a solution that we all can come to embrace. 

Sir Bryce de Byram,OL,OP (Duane M. Moore) 300%Peer-Evil
Baron Caer Mear


--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Kirsten Niemann <kniemann at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Kirsten Niemann <kniemann at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Permanent Site for Crown Tourney
> To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 4:25 PM
> > 
> 
> Question: Aren't we forgetting why Their Majesties made
> this proposal?
> Answer: The DEARTH of bids for kingdom events well in
> advance of the event.
> 
> If all of these other locations and sites all over the
> kingdom were so readily available and all of these bids were
> being submitted then this proposal wouldn't have been
> proffered. In the last several years, probably longer,
> virtually all kingdom events bids have been submitted well
> after the deadline and usually after lots of begging from
> the Kingdom Events Bid Coordinator. If people want events to
> be in all regions of the kingdom then they are going to have
> to step up and produce bids from all regions of the
> kingdom.
> 
> -Thjora
> 
> 
> 
> Mistress Thjora Arnkitelsdottir
> Seneschal, Shire of Isenfir
> Registrar, University of Atlantia
> 
> Kirsten Niemann
> kniemann at mac.com
> 
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