[Cynnabar] Observations on Grand Tourney

[Randy Asplund]

Wow, folks. Cynnabar obviously has its act together. I saw NOTHING to  
be in the least bit critical of, and was really impressed by the way  
it came together this year. Didn't hurt that we were blessed with a  
beautiful sunrise and a warm, dry day, as well!

Isn't a loss of $200  much closer to even than we've done in the  
past. Very cool. We usually take a bath on this event, don't we? One  
could attribute the financial gain vs. loss ratio being so close to  
not having to rent that second building and heat it, but that would  
not be giving credit to the very good decisions made by the autocrat,  
Lady Amyon throughout, and to the various members of the group who  
made the little changes that really pulled this event together. How  
were the attendance numbers this year compared to other years? Did  
the number of people we got in the door seem to fit the space well,  
or could we fit more people in without renting that second building?  
The reason I ask is because I think this event was so successful in  
the minds of the attendees -from outside the group- that we may get  
an increase next year.

Vincent, the lists were a really superb job, and that cannot be said  
enough. You did a huge service to the group, and I know from talking  
to people that it s GREATLY appreciated. The fences worked extremely  
well and stayed together with little or no issues. They are a BIG  
improvement over the old ones.

Straum, aside from great comments about the fun and hilarious  
fighting scenarios, the gambling thing that you and your friends set  
up probably did more than anything I've seen in a long time to  
involve the non-fighters with this event, which is remarkable because  
the  event really is heavily geared towards the fighting. I think  
people will talk about this event for a long time as a really fun and  
positive experience. (PS. Make sure Jason gets his MIT papers to you  
for the event and I'll sign off on his marshaling for the day. He  
handled it like a pro.)

I didn't make it much into the food area. Got caught up in the  
fighting, but the whole thing looked like it really came off well.  
There was such a variety of things to get from the bake sale, and  
donating the rest to charity was really thoughtful.

As a fighter, I want to also mention that I think the list table  
people, including those who heralded the lists, did an excellent job.  
I always knew when I was being called to the field, and always had  
enough time to ready myself. Am I mistaken, or is that not the first  
time you have worked as a team running a list table? It seemed very  
smooth.

And Amyon, you really pulled it all off in one heck of a great job at  
autocrating! Wow! You put in a lot of effort to making this event  
work, and it paid off in a big way. Your dedicated and hard working  
attention to detail really made the whole thing work, and I hope we  
follow up in the future running our events the way you ran this one.  
The site looked great, and to the visitor everything appeared to run  
smoothly. We had a lot of things that were new or different go right  
instead of wrong. Thank you.

RanthulfR


On Nov 17, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Shefferly, Charles wrote:

> Everyone
>
>
> My sincere apologies, I made a mistake in my report last night. I  
> failed to include the deposit we made when we reserved the site. My  
> mistake was that I took the amount that was paid that evening as  
> the “total cost” for the site and the rental of the tables/chairs.
>
>
> On the evening of the event we paid Washtenaw Farm Council the sum  
> of $570 for the site, we also paid a deposit of $300 on 3/23/2009  
> for our reservation. This brings the total cost of the site to  
> $870.00, and changes the number I reported.
>
>
> As we currently stand, pending the final receipts from Tavern and  
> for the gambling tokens, we are currently at a profit of $148.42.  
> Once the last of the receipts are in I estimate that the total loss  
> will be in the neighborhood of $200.
>
>
>
> AElfric
>
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