[MR] Fall Coronation

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I agree with all of your reasons and I will add one:

There is a perception that the Prince/Princess prefer sites closer to their home base.  Bids in the North for crowning southern royalty seem to get rejected and vice-versa.  So similar to #3 below -- why bother to put together a bid when you perceive that you will be rejected due to past experience of "being too far to travel."  

I am not saying that Their Highnesses should not have the prerogative to select their coronation site, as a matter of fact, with the cost of gas/travel, it seems more likely they would and should stay closer to home. So, at present, that leaves a large number of groups that are far away hesitant about submitting bids.  Although I think it is quite ironic that the bid that has come in is from as far north as you can go and then some into another kingdom...

Adriana di Salaparuta


-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Cock <theoriginalmcc at gmail.com>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 11:19 am
Subject: Re: [MR] Fall Coronation


I, too, may have missed some of the conversation, but I would love to
ear from some of the folks that have autocratted a Coronation in the
ecent past (since fall 2008, maybe). I suspect that there are a
ultitude of reasons for a lack of bids, in addition the economy and
ther concerns already expressed.  I offer the following four, which
re unfortunate side-effects of the success of Atlantia:
1) Many potential autocrats don't know there is a lack of Coronation
ids until too close to the event to plan.
2) Baronies and local groups are committed to planning more of their
wn, small, local events.
2) People who submitted Coronation bids back when there were
ultiples, and got their bid rejected, might not want to go through
ll the planning just to have their bid rejected again.  (This same
hing can happen after the plea goes out for last-minute bids.)
3) Autocrats treat Coronation planning with the same care that they
ould put into planning a wedding.  Neither the planners nor the
eople for whom the Coronation is being planned want to settle for a
odest event.  This has many consequences, but it comes from great
ntentions.

eep up the ideas- maybe an "Above the Salt" prereg feast would work
icely with some event sites. Maybe we need to look at early-bird
iscounts that offset the ACCEPS service charge.  Maybe former Royals
ho enjoyed their own Coronation need to ask their autocrats to hold
lasses on autocratting that specific event.
~Wenllyan
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Marie Stewart <maricelt at gmail.com> wrote:
>  What does a group really need to provide for a Coronation?
  And I will admit  I'm thinking Barest Minimum here.

 A dry hall which is accessible to everyone.  Places to sit are useful.
 Bathrooms.  Some form of parking.

 Good things to provide,  but not Absolutely Crucial...  A place to change
 clothing.   A place for the Royals.  A place to cook/heat food.
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