[MR] Fall Coronation

[Kerri Martinsen]

"I've got a jar of dirt...I've got a jar of dirt..."

Sorry.  Back into my cave now...

Vitha the weary



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> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 3:55 PM, J. C. Smith ispán <jsmithcsa at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am reminded of a story from history.  When the Count of Thuringia wanted
>> to
>> build his castle (the Wartburg, near Eisenach), he brought a wagonfull of
>> dirt
>> with him.  He had his men dump in on the ground, then build his castle
>> there.
>> When he was challenged later by his lord, he replied honestly "the castle
>> is
>> built on my own land."
>>
>> Barcsi Janos
>>
>> JEFFREY C. SMITH
>>
>> "The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name
>> of
>> funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Glynis Knibb (Glynis Gwynedd) <ylandra at gmail.com>
>> To: Carolyn Cox <thefarseeing at bellsouth.net>
>> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>> Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 1:42:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MR] Fall Coronation
>>
>> The event bid submitted in another Kingdom is actually in Sylvan Glen,
>> which
>> is between Highland Foorde and Abhain Iarthair (Canton of Stierbach).
>> There
>> have been Atlantian courts held at this event before (Siege of Glengary)
>> and
>> many of the people in Sylvan Glen come to Atlantian events as they are
>> closer to us than to many of their own Kingdom's events. I just wanted to
>> put some perspective on that aspect of things.
>>
>> The only thing that would be amiss about having Coronation there is that
>> technically it's not on "Atlantian" soil - but as I said many of that
>> group
>> do come to Atlantian events (including WoW, among other, more local
>> events).
>> I personally wouldn't mind seeing them join Atlantia - then they wouldn't
>> have to drive through a different Kingdom to get to their own events, and
>> we
>> wouldn't have to drive through another Kingdom to get to events in the
>> western central region from Highland Foorde.
>>
>> Just my opinion.
>>
>> Glynis Knibb
>> aka
>> ~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
>> Barony of Highland Foorde
>> "Have you hugged a harp today?"
>> --
>> "Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the
>> difference."
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Carolyn Cox <thefarseeing at bellsouth.net
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Unto the Tavern,
>> >
>> > If TRH have no bids for their coronation, what are they expected to do?
>> A
>> > shortage of bids for kingdom events has been a persistent problem for
>> > years--beginning well before the ecenomy went south.  It may well
>> culminate
>> > with an Atlantian coronation held in another kingdoom  We really need to
>> be
>> > figuring out what is wrong, and I assert that the corrent economic woes
>> are,
>> > at best, a small part of a big problem.
>> >
>> > In service to the dream
>> > Averey
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