[MR] Fwd: Want more people at your event?

[Ysolt la Bretonne]

Posted for Mistress Dervila:
> *From: *Amerie Helton <ameriehelton at bellsouth.net 
> <mailto:ameriehelton at bellsouth.net>>
> *Date: *May 23, 2011 7:02:23 PM EDT
> *To: *Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org 
> <mailto:atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>>
> *Subject: **Want more people at your event?*
>
> Greetings to all in the Tavern!
>
> Want more people at your event? Don't have camping, or don't have 
> enough camping? Offer crash space! This makes it more likely that 
> people who can't afford a hotel bill will come to your event!
>
> Don't know what crash space is? It's an old custom that seems to have 
> fallen into disuse. Every time a group held an event, they had a list 
> of people who were willing to have others sleep at their home during 
> the event. But now it's gotten harder to find. This makes it harder 
> for us to travel to events, because we're some of those who can't 
> afford gas + hotel bills.
>
> Of course, you do have to match guests to hosts according to 
> allergies, phobias, proximity to event, disabilities, etc. But it's 
> also a chance to meet new people, and an exercise in courtesy both 
> ways. For instance, we try to bring guest gifts for our hosts.
>
> This is a custom we'd really like to see revived, not only for 
> ourselves, but for the benefit of Atlantia in general. We hope 
> autocrats will consider offering crash space as a regular feature of 
> their events in the future.
>
> Thank you for your kind attention,
> Mistress Dervila ni Leanon
> Lord Tom Drumbuilder