[Moo] Baronial Birthday - Please read

[Stacie Larson]

Like Evan, I have no real vested in this, since I live in Midrealm now,
and will be moving to Trimaris while you are all furiously sewing for
Pennsic.  :(, :), ??

But, my vote would be to see if you could move Birthday to the old
Assessment date.  Someone commented that perhaps we'd lose Southern
fighters, since we're northerly.  Having MoL-ed several Birthdays (and
Assessments, and Last Chance), I think we'd stand to gain them.  Not
all that many come up for our Birthday event anyway, unless there is
something else special to draw them.  But, many made the trek for
Assessment, even when it was in the middle of absolutely nowhere (I
seem to recall a field outside of Blacksburg years ago, with no
amenities, no shade for Ilse and me, and if there were facilities more
modern than shrubbery, I never saw them, and it was still swarming with
fighters).  I think most fighters throughout the Kingdom are trying to
get in as much practice as possible in the weeks leading up to Pennsic,
and they're also trying to get their newest fighters authorized in
time, and they're willing to drive for it.  (Again, I speak from
experience, having authorized in sword and shield a scant two weeks
before Pennsic myself.)

While I think Stierbach could certainly pull off a great event whose
focus wasn't fighting (as Holiday Faire and KASF prove), I don't think
you could against Assessment.  You'd lose your handful of heavy
fighters, of course, but, as Her Excellency Sunniva mentioned, you'd
also lose their households, and a goodly portion of your MoLs,
Marshals, and assorted people with Royal business, all of whom might
otherwise participate in some way in Birthday.

So, I think you'll get a better turnout in July, perhaps even better
than you'd get in June.

Cheers,
Cecily

--- Lisa Mitchell <cwymarc at comcast.net> wrote:

> Their Royal Highnesses have requested Kings Assessment be held in
> June
> instead of July. The Barony of Black Diamond has scheduled this
> fighting
> event for the same weekend as our Baronial Birthday. 
> 
>  
> 
> The site for Assessments is more than 100 miles (~160 miles) from the
> site
> for Birthday so it is not a conflicting event by kingdom law.
> However, I
> think many of the heavy fighters that might have come to Birthday
> will go to
> Assessments instead.
> 
>  
> 
> I believe we have two options for Birthday:
> 
> 1) Change the focus of Birthday to be less of a heavy fighting event
> and
> more of a ________ event.
> 
> 2) Move Birthday to another date. (Lord Marcolo is checking on this.)
> 
>  
> 
> We need to make a decision on this before the weekend as our event
> announcement for a June event is due Saturday.
> 
>  
> 
> Please post your opinions to the Moo, the Watchtower, or the Abhainn
> Iarthair Yahoo list as soon as possible. The Baronial officers are
> meeting
> Wednesday evening and I would like to have some feedback by then.
> Respond to
> me privately if you do not wish to express your opinion publicly.
> I'll also
> try to answer any questions that you might have.
> 
>  
> 
> Note: I've had the webminister change the Moo list so replies will go
> to the
> list by default.
> 
>  
> 
> This is an event for all of us so I would like everyone to have the
> opportunity to express an opinion on this.
> 
>  
> 
> Yours in Service,
> 
> Ceridwen ferch Rhys ap Michael
> 
>  
> 
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> 
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