[MR] using the same site 2 was Re: Fall Coronation

[Becky McEllistrem]

I also note that doesn't mean you know all about local food suppliers and local logistics.


Rebecca

--- On Tue, 5/24/11, Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [MR] using the same site was Re:  Fall Coronation
> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 6:45 AM
> not necessarily.  We've used
> Betsy Jeff Penn for lots of kingdom level events in the past
> couple years and lots of baronial events.
> 
> Does that mean northern cooks are familiar with the
> kitchen?  No.
> 
> They're familiar with how to get there and have an idea of
> what is there but that doesn't mean the event staff that
> travels there is familiar with facilities and inner workings
> of the site.
> 
> It means they came and traveled to have fun and relax at an
> event for once instead of work.  Some people ARE
> willing to be head cook at site unknown.  That doesn't
> mean it's right to assume that everybody is.
> 
> I also note there is a huge difference in gas bill between
> traveling with yourself and traveling while hauling tons of
> stuff.  While Windmasters has an outstanding inventory
> (I've donated a bunch of it myself so I know) that doesn't
> mean we would have everything needed.  So in a bad
> economy not only is a permanent site asking people from up
> north to travel, it's asking them to travel hauling tons of
> stuff increasing their gas bill exponentially just because
> they wanted to serve their kingdom.
> 
> Seems like punishing people who want to serve.
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> --- On Tue, 5/24/11, atlantia at corwyn.net
> <atlantia at corwyn.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: atlantia at corwyn.net
> <atlantia at corwyn.net>
> > Subject: Re: [MR] Fall Coronation
> > To: "Gerita della Mara" <geritadellamara at gmail.com>,
> atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> > Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 12:22 AM
> > If we kept using the same site(s),
> > over time everyone _would_ already be familiar with
> it. If
> > you wanted to run an event there, you would likely
> have
> > already been to some previous kingdom event at the
> same
> > site.
> > 
> > Corwyn
> > 
> > At 09:49 PM 5/23/2011, Gerita della Mara wrote:
> > > Possibly true, but I'll tell you...you'll never
> get
> > someone from Far North Atlantia to be willing to
> autocrat at
> > an already-set site in North Carolina (or vice versa)
> > without having spent considerable time on said
> site. 
> > It's just not reasonable to expect someone to plan and
> staff
> > an event at a site they have no idea what to expect
> from,
> > and don't have to take a week off work to go and look
> over.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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