[MR] try a low cost event was

[Sarah Toich]

Really???

 Well as an old, old SCAdian I must admit that 'primitive' site events cost
me more as I tend to get a hotel. Sorry, I've done the primitive camping
thing, where there is nothing but a hole in the ground in a box and no
showers. I have done it at Sca events, mundane camping out, Civil War and
Rev War events too in the past. I admit these days I'd rather have a flushie
and a shower or I'm going to find crash space or a hotel... So I am of the
opinion that $25 or $30 to stay in a cabin with nearby toilets and showers
is darn well worth it! And I'm willing to pay extra to have those facilities
and grateful to the group that can provide them. I don't have to event every
weekend so I don't have to have a $5 site fee every time. I might get
frustrated at $15 day trip costs when I'm staying in a hotel because the
site is pretty primitive, but I'm assuming that the group is paying through
the nose for that site.

Simone





On 6/27/10 9:54 PM, "Becky McEllistrem" <bmcellis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> We've done the cheap successful event in the past and I think we go back to
> our roots and do things the way we used to with the primitive sites or we'll
> lose a huge portion of our populace.
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> I'm glad WOW has become so successful but it is possible to do a quality cheap
> event.  I believe we've lost our roots and need to go back.
> 
> Rebecca
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>> If all I consider is having a cheap event we'll have no
>> value at all nine times out of ten. We'll have a cheap
>> event. And I promise you that my family is not really that
>> far off not being able to afford this crazy hobby a lot of
>> the time. I would be incensed if I spent the time and money
>> to go to an event that was just cheap ...
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>> I hope this makes sense. I'm not trying to disrespect you
>> or slam you ... and I'm not saying your point doesn't have
>> any validity ... but price cannot be the entirety of the
>> equation.
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>> ~gise
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
>> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
>> Sent: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 6:51 pm
>> Subject: Re: [MR] try a low cost event was Re:  event
>> fees
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>> And there was a great Feast of St. Pyr story and a comment
>> that several events
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>> in the past 3 months had $5.00 day trip fees which is why I
>> knew that it was
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>> possible.  We like forgetting that part.
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>> --- On Sun, 6/27/10, Laurie Clarkston <garadh at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
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>>> From: Laurie Clarkston <garadh at verizon.net>
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>>> Subject: Re: [MR] try a low cost event was Re: 
>> event fees
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>>> To: "Becky McEllistrem" <bmcellis at yahoo.com>,
>> atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
>> 
>>> Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 10:35 AM
>> 
>>> Lady Rebecca,
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>>> I think you do have something to prove.  You
>> have
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>>> thrown out
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>>> the remark that it is realistically possible to have a
>> good
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>>> $5
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>>> event.
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