[Ponte Alto] FW: [Ravenlake] Digest Number 61

Fri Jun 9 10:05:06 PDT 2006

House RavenlakeMuch as I hate the idea of being pushed back into July (more probability of heat) it certainly makes sense from a real life scheduling perspective. Many of our college age members are effectively shut out of Pennsic altogether. Hopefully this will alleviate that situation.

YIS,

Lady Perronelle la peintre
mka Debbie Irwin

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  From: Miles de Locwode 
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  FYI.  I got this posting from my Household list and thought you all would find it interesting.  I think the idea makes a lot of sense.

  Miles
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  Subject: [Ravenlake] Digest Number 61

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    1. Fw: [EK] Pennsic Starting next year From: Susana Del Lago 
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    1. Fw: [EK] Pennsic Starting next year 
    Posted by: "Susana Del Lago" ohsusana at charter.net   houseravenlake 
    Thu Jun 8, 2006 7:50 pm (PST) 

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    From: "SPaterson" <sjpaterson at tru.eastlink.ca>
    To: "East Kingdom" <sca-east at indra.com>; <northprinc at yahoogroups.com>; "SCA 
    Barony Ruantallan's Mailing List." <sca.ruantallan at lists.wolfstar.ca>
    Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:37 PM
    Subject: [EK] Pennsic Starting next year

    > >
    >>>> Greetings are extended unto the Seneschals of the Known World from 
    >>>> Baroness
    >>>>
    >>>> Rosamund Beauvisage, Mayor of Pennsic 36.
    >>>>
    >>>> I would like to take this opportunity to announce to you that the 
    >>>> Kingdom
    >>>>
    >>>> Seneschals Group (the Seneschals of Aethelmearc, the East, and the 
    >>>> Middle,
    >>>>
    >>>> alphabetically), in accordance with the Pennsic Administrative Policy 
    >>>> and
    >>>>
    >>>> with the consent of their respective Crowns, has approved a "special
    >>>>
    >>>> project" I have been pursuing for Pennsic War 36 (2007) -- to move the
    >>>>
    >>>> Pennsic War one week earlier in the calendar year. Per the old 
    >>>> schedule,
    >>>>
    >>>> Pennsic 36 Troll would have opened on Friday, 3 August 2007 and the 
    >>>> site
    >>>>
    >>>> would have closed on Sunday, 19 August 2007. Under the new schedule,
    >>>>
    >>>> Pennsic 36 Troll will open on Friday, 27 July 2007 and the site will 
    >>>> close
    >>>>
    >>>> on Sunday, 12 August 2007. Please note that THIS year's (2006) Pennsic
    >>>>
    >>>> (Pennsic War 35), will NOT be affected.
    >>>>
    >>>> This decision to move Pennsic up a week was not undertaken lightly and 
    >>>> was
    >>>>
    >>>> prompted by a steadily-increasing level of concern about the conflict
    >>>>
    >>>> between Pennsic and school calendars. School districts across the 
    >>>> country
    >>>>
    >>>> have been starting earlier and earlier, with many routinely starting by 
    >>>> the
    >>>>
    >>>> third or fourth week of August, and some as early as the second week
    >>>>
    >>>> (several districts in Florida, for example). This situation has been
    >>>>
    >>>> preventing many parents and their school-age children from attending,
    >>>>
    >>>> especially since many can often only stay for only the first part of 
    >>>> War
    >>>>
    >>>> even though they would have to pay for both weeks that way. Some must 
    >>>> miss
    >>>>
    >>>> Pennsic altogether. Needless to say, it also affects our members who 
    >>>> are
    >>>>
    >>>> educators from kindergarten through college as well as the above 
    >>>> mentioned
    >>>>
    >>>> SCA families with school-age children.
    >>>>
    >>>> I brought it up to the Coopers at the November Pennsic staff meeting, 
    >>>> and
    >>>>
    >>>> Dave Cooper was enthusiastically all for the change. Local schools in
    >>>>
    >>>> western Pennsylvania also start earlier than they used to, and that
    >>>>
    >>>> situation cuts into his available labor force for Pennsic. Moreover, 
    >>>> the
    >>>>
    >>>> earlier start will give the Coopers an extra week to have the 
    >>>> campground
    >>>>
    >>>> ready for Labor Day weekend. Fred Brezel said it would not adversely 
    >>>> impact
    >>>>
    >>>> his registration system, since all he would have to do is change dates,
    >>>>
    >>>> which he does anyway. Dave and Fred both opined that announcing it over 
    >>>> a
    >>>>
    >>>> year in advance would be fine for making the change. Dave has discussed 
    >>>> it
    >>>>
    >>>> with his contractors (the porta-john folks, et al.), and they have said 
    >>>> that
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> it poses no problem. Those probably represented the most serious "hard
    >>>>
    >>>> stops" to this idea and those hurdles have been cleared. In fact, at 
    >>>> the
    >>>>
    >>>> Aethelmearc War Practice Pennsic staff meeting on May 20th, the Coopers
    >>>>
    >>>> pressed to have this finalized as they want the change. It was at this
    >>>>
    >>>> meeting that the Kingdom Seneschal Group approved the change.
    >>>>
    >>>> The Kingdoms would obviously have to make some adjustments for this to
    >>>>
    >>>> happen, most importantly, changing their Kingdom laws if Pennsic dates 
    >>>> are
    >>>>
    >>>> written into their Law, and changing the last available date to 
    >>>> authorize in
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> time for Pennsic. Some events which traditionally have made that a big 
    >>>> part
    >>>>
    >>>> of their "marketing" to the populace will either have to drop that as a
    >>>>
    >>>> "draw" or will have to hold their events a week earlier in 2007 and
    >>>>
    >>>> subsequent years. I am hoping that I can count on all of you to 
    >>>> facilitate
    >>>>
    >>>> this change. I have asked your Crown to forward the following 
    >>>> attachment to
    >>>>
    >>>> your Kingdom Chronicler for inclusion in your Kingdom newsletter's
    >>>>
    >>>> announcements section, and to notify your Kingdom Marshal as soon as
    >>>>
    >>>> possible. The changed schedule will also be announced on the
    >>>>
    >>>> www.pennsicwar.org website very soon.
    >>>>
    >>>> Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation in publicizing this 
    >>>> new
    >>>>
    >>>> schedule.
    >>>>
    >>>> In service to the Society,
    >>>>
    >>>> Baroness Rosamund Beauvisage, OP, OL
    >>>>
    >>>> Mayor, Pennsic War 36
    >>
    >>>>
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