<div>Greetings --</div> <div> </div> <div>Actually, we didn't advertise it last year. It got a brief write up in the weekend events section of the Washington Post and the rest was history!</div> <div> </div> <div>Marsaili<BR><BR><B><I>Katharine Devereaux <katdevereaux@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>Greetings Sir Guy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>It is not about the money, it was decided because of the time/energy involved in the event. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>This was discussed at both the November Business meeting and the January Business meeting. The
consensus at both of these meeting (and those I spoke with outside of the meetings) was that with our other large event 2 weeks before (Tournament of Love & Beauty), it was felt that we would be wearing thin as a group.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>If you (or anyone else) is interested in attending this Sunday's Business meeting with a new point of view/ideas, I would love to open this topic of conversation again. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>I will have to say that I was not at the event last year and didn't experience the event at all - only had the pleasure of hearing about it on Sunday following the event.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>Thank you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic"
size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>Katharine</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>Lady Katharine Devereaux</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2>Baronial Seneschal</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=guylestran@aol.com href="mailto:guylestran@aol.com">guylestran@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ponte-alto@atlantia.sca.org href="mailto:ponte-alto@atlantia.sca.org">ponte-alto@atlantia.sca.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt
arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 23, 2007 12:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Ponte Alto] No advertisement for Blood Bath?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I just heard we are not going to advertise like we did last year for Blood Bath.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Even though we might not have gotten very many new members, I think we are missing an opportunity here (even if it was by accident that we did it last year).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">At the very least the Barony made some unexpected money off of the event.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I would be happy to pay for any flyers or anything we needed during the day.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The event seems perfect for this and I know the fighters had fun with everyone watching and all the small children (and adults) asking questions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV
class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I think we need to rethink this before it is to late.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sir Guy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">"Knighthood Is Only The Beginning."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> <A href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol" target=_blank><B>Check out the new AOL</B></A>. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free
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