[MR] Land allotment at WoWXI

Sacred Stone Seneschal via Atlantia atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Wed Oct 5 06:28:30 PDT 2016


To the populace attending War of the Wings XI the Seneschal of the Barony
of the Sacred Stone, Mistress Rozsa, sends greetings.


I wanted to take a moment and address the situation myself regarding land
assignments and spacing at War of the Wings this year and possibly tell you
a little story that may help you understand the what’s, why’s and how’s
that went into various decisions that ended up having to be made this year.


Earlier this year we lost the additional offsite parking for the event, so
the land staff had to head back to the drawing board and attempt to
rearrange the site from last year's arrangement to accommodate the
additional parking we knew that we were going to need on site.  They
shifted some things around, figured out some additional room, and thought
we were good to go.


Just a couple of months before the event the site built a new shed on the
site causing one of the roads to be shifted.  Land staff immediately went
back to work redoing the map and began adjusting blocks to accommodate the
shift.  Then upon an onsite review and re-measurement realized that where
they thought they were going to shift the road to was not going to work,
and had to shift the road and re-adjust various blocks again.


Then registration closed.  We had more people pre-registered to attend the
event than had ever attended the event before, many registering at the last
minute, which meant of course we were going to need even more parking (and
camping) than was anticipated based upon last year’s numbers. They also had
to review block assignments as it was discovered that as the final
registrations came in that many camps were differing greatly in size from
previous years either leaving space open on the blocks previously full or
exceeding the block's land allotment.  So, again, back to shifting blocks
and reviewing camp placements which led to the unfortunate decision of
having to reduce space allotments per person in order to fit everyone.


Then just as they were about to release the block assignments and map, the
site informed us that a contractor that they had initially contacted this
past spring was finally going to be able to get a bridge put in opening up
an incredible amount of land.  Knowing that attendees were anxiously
awaiting the release of the information and that it had already been
delayed by the having to extend the deadline due to issues with Paypal and
then redoing many portions to due final numbers, it was decided to release
the block assignments and map 'as-is". They realized that any attempts to
revamp the map to accommodate the new area would cause the map to be
released less than 2 weeks prior to the war adding even additional burdens
on the land agents who were desperate to begin camp preparations for the
event.


With regards to the land reduction per person, the staff has assured me
that camps were granted land purely based upon those who pre-registered
(paid) and completed the land registration process.  No camps have been
granted additional land no matter the land agent’s rank, how period the
camp may be, nor simply because they have a cute dimple in their chin.


I sincerely hope this clarifies the adventures that the land staff have
been undertaking this past year, the reasons why information has been so
late it in coming out and why certain decisions have had to be made.  I
also apologize on their behalf for any difficulties this may have caused
any of the camps.  I assure you the land staff is working very hard to
ensure all of your needs are met camp space wise, in as much as they can.
If you have any questions, problems or concerns, please feel free to
contact me directly.


Thank you so very much to Lady Elizabeth, Lord Bumba and their staff that
have been working so hard and jumping over the numerous hurdles that keep
arising to bring this event to us.


Mistress Rozsa


*Mesternö** Bessenyei Rozsa*

*Seneschal, Barony of the Sacred Stone*
*Rachel Rosado*
*seneschal at sacredstone.atlantia.sca.org
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