[Cynnabar] Grand Day Proposal

Mon Dec 14 20:36:31 UTC 2015

Exactly! Thanks for the clarified wording.

Giovanna
On Dec 14, 2015 3:33 PM, "Kell Carnahan" <wyndsung at gmail.com> wrote:

> To clarify:
>
> This is more involved for the Event Steard (you, Giovanna) and the people
> who sign on as Deputies to shadow the Event Steward.  Those people design
> the event as a team and participate in classes on the various parts of
> running an event.
>
> All the other staff positions - marshals, lunch tavern, gate, whomever
> else - will operate as per a normal event, but can jump into the classes if
> they wish to also learn about the other parts of running the event.  So the
> MIC position and workload is essentially unchanged.
>
> Is that correct?
> ~Birke
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Anne Stevenson <astevensonhp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> This is a great question, thank you!
>>
>> In many ways I imagine this process will feel very similar to running any
>> other event/Grand Day - we will have an event steward and then all of the
>> appropriate staff heads.
>>
>> Some of these staff heads will be Deputies to the Event Steward too, and
>> will be "shadowing" to learn more, not only about their particular areas,
>> but also event stewarding in general.  They can participate in the
>> workshops (which I plan to organize, be part of the behind the scenes
>> discussion on relevant event stewarding topics), etc.  Some staff will not
>> be interested in all these details of event planning, but will still be
>> part of the staff and we will work all together as a whole, trying to
>> fulfill the vision of the event as stated in the proposal.
>>
>> Does this answer your question some?  I will give it more consideration
>> too and see what more I can do to explain.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Giovanna
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Kell Carnahan <wyndsung at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Mistress Giovanna,
>>>
>>> This sounds like an interesting and useful concept.
>>>
>>> How will it affect the MIC job, or the fighting in general?  Will each
>>> staff member - including MICs - be required to participate more in overall
>>> event planning/teaching their event planning steps, or have a deputy for
>>> their position?  Or is it mostly to additionally shadow the event steward
>>> and overall job of putting together the event?
>>>
>>> Speaking as someone who is considering being rapier MIC again next year
>>> (if I'm asked to be), I'm wondering if this adds any additional work for
>>> that position.
>>>
>>> ~Birke
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Art Sinclair via Barony <
>>> barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah! That puts an entirely different spin on it! I apologize for not
>>>> reading deeply enough between the lines.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have any issues with this plan being put forward with you as
>>>> steward.
>>>>
>>>> If I can be of any assistance with you in this endeavor I would be glad
>>>> to help.
>>>>
>>>> Tairdelbach
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for gold; I deem them mad
>>>> for they think my days have a price.
>>>> -- Kahlil Gibran
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Anne Stevenson <
>>>> astevensonhp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Good morning again!
>>>>>
>>>>> My apologies if I was unclear in my proposal - my idea is that this is
>>>>> my proposal to be the event steward for the event.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a non-traditional proposal, because I am hoping that the
>>>>> actual proposal writing process will be part of the learning process for
>>>>> those that volunteer to be part of the staff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please feel free to ask more questions - I don't want to derail the
>>>>> normal process, when the normal process is what I am trying to teach!
>>>>>
>>>>> If the group would rather, I can certainly bring a event proposal
>>>>> first, but I was hoping that my Deputies could work on it with me as part
>>>>> of the process.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Giovanna
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Art Sinclair <tairdelbach at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it's a great to find educational opportunities like
>>>>>> this. That being said I have some concerns and, since I am not able to
>>>>>> attend the meeting tonight, I put them forward here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My concern here is that it comes ahead of any proposal for the event
>>>>>> itself, and therefore identification of who the event steward will be. As
>>>>>> such I'm worried that it proposes an internal "sub-theme", outside the
>>>>>> typical scope of the event, that any prospective event steward would be
>>>>>> required to adopt. The group has long shied away from stewards being
>>>>>> micromanaged by the group and this seems to me to fall into that territory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like this idea in general and would support any steward who wanted
>>>>>> to provide this sort of educational opportunity with any event the Barony
>>>>>> hosts. I would prefer that it accompany the formal event proposal so that
>>>>>> the group can be assured that the approved event steward is fully on board
>>>>>> with the idea and not just taking it on because the group previously
>>>>>> decided that this is what the group wanted for a particular event.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>> Tairdelbach
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for gold; I deem them
>>>>>> mad for they think my days have a price.
>>>>>> -- Kahlil Gibran
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Anne Stevenson via Barony <
>>>>>> barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good morning!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wanted to reach out to let you know that I will be at tonight's
>>>>>>> meeting and will be bringing a proposal for Grand Day of Tournaments 2016.
>>>>>>> It will not be the proposal for the event itself, but instead it will be a
>>>>>>> proposal for the event to be utilized as an event steward teaching
>>>>>>> opportunity.  Please see attached document.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you are interested and able to make it tonight's meeting - I'd
>>>>>>> love to see you there!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yours,
>>>>>>> Giovanna
>>>>>>>
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