[MR] question about altantias land at pennsic

[Glynis Gwynedd]

Your Majesty,

It occurs to me that if Atlantian Royal were to move and only  have
the land afforded it by those that register to camp there that there
would like not be a large common area in the middle, certainly not
enough space to hold Court or have any of the other larger activities
that You have mentioned. I know that the one year that we had 7
children in Highland Foorde camp (which gave some free space as we
tend to put all our tents around the perimeter of camp) we still only
had enough common space for a common tent and a camp fire. We managed
to squeeze roughly 15 -20 people (including Their Excellencies) under
that common tent for Baronial Court, but it was a tight fit.

Camps who have campers that use small tents tend to get a bit more
common space - those with pavilions have a bit tighter of a time with
it. I know that the pavilion that my husband and I use uses up most of
the square footage allotted to the two of us, and I also know that
almost all of the tents in Atlantian Royal are period pavilions. That
means that if the hypothetical new Royal encampment only has the land
afforded it by those that register to camp there, space is going to be
tight.

Has anyone had opportunity to look into using the large Royal pavilion
on the battlefield for some of these activities? I'm only throwing
that out there as a thought - I don't know what the rules are for
using that space "after hours" when fighting isn't happening (since
there's not enough light to see your opponent safely). If that space
could be utilized for such activities "after hours" it would eliminate
the need to move Atlantian Royal. Unfortunately the Interstate is a
problem, and always will be for anyone who gets planted over on the
eastern end of the Serengheti. Is there any chance of even just moving
Atlantian Royal to the western end of the same block, or does the
Accord specify "the Eastern end of block <N-#>?

~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
Barony of Highland Foorde
"Have you hugged a harp today?"
--
"To this end should a truly chivalrous man know something of arts and
courtesies as befits the quality of his character, else the world
shall think him nothing but a knuckle-dragging troglodyte in
vambraces." -Lady Swannoc



On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:12 PM, logan <logan at ebonwoulfe.com> wrote:
> Greetings from Logan Ebonwoulfe and Esa Kirkepatrike, Prince and Princess of
> Atlantia,
>
> Pennsic grows closer with each passing day and We begin to prepare for that
> glorious event now.  We would ask for your advice and opinion on certain
> matters concerning Pennsic so that We might hear the will of the Kingdom.
>
>
>
> The question We put to you today concerns the Kingdom's land at Pennsic.
> Last year Atlantia  had a typical Kingdom encampment with a large open space
> for classes, gatherings and parties.  It is Our understanding that this was
> very well received by all that attended except for one major problem, the
> proximity to the interstate.  We are told that those attending the Bardic
> Night could not always sing loud enough to be heard, the teachers had
> trouble talking over the cars and court is simply impossible.  We have
> already had inquiries about the possibility of having another Atlantian
> Social (Spiked punch party), A&S classes and other gatherings.
> Additionally, We would like to consider holding Court in Royal as opposed to
> the fort this year.  To do these things Atlantian Royal might need to be
> moved to a new location.
>
> A new location would have several advantages:
>
> Being further from the interstate would allow for things such as court and
> bardic to happen much more easily.
>
> A more prominent location might allow the Kingdom camp to be located more
> easily.
>
> A new location would have the disadvantage of moving Atlantia from it's most
> recent location.  This would mean that Atlantia would lose the lands granted
> it by the Pennsic Accord which gives each kingdom a large amount of land.
> As such the kingdom would only get the land afforded it by those that
> register to camp there.  As we all know that is a small number.  Should our
> Kingdom have a much smaller camp simply to move us away from the noise of
> the interstate?  If more folks camped there we might have a large tract of
> land but, obviously, we would have more people in camp.
>
> We ask you, the citizens of Atlantia to tell Us your thoughts on this
> matter.  Tell us your opinions and give us your advice as to the future of
> the Atlantian Kingdom Lands.  Do you think that we should stay where We are
> currently located or should we move our lands to another location at
> Pennsic?
>
> While we understand that this will generate discussion on the list We would
> offer to filed this discussion directly by sending His Highness an email at
> <mailto:logan at ebonwoulfe.com> logan at ebonwoulfe.com or feel free to discuss
> it here on the merry rose.  If there is a call to move Atlantia know that
> Her Highness and I will do all We can to see it done.  If not, then it is a
> moot point.  Either way We seek your counsel and thank you for your input.
>
>
> Regards.
> Logan and Esa
> Prince and Princess, Atlantia
>
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