[Cynnabar] events

[Greg Less via Barony]

Hi All-

    I sent the following to Curia:


*   There is currently some healthy discussion happening in Cynnabar about
the proposed change to the 100 mile rule. I know it was brought up at the
last Curia meeting and discussed there, but I was unfortunately unable to
hear all of the details. *

*    It's been asked "What's driving the initiative? Who are the primary
stakeholders [for the change to a 150 mile radius]?" *

*   Can anyone clarify that for me?*


And the reply from the Kingdom Seneschal:





*Honestly, event attendance is being cannibalized due to too many events on
the calendar being too close together.  It is impacting smaller groups to
the point that some have very small allotments for operational costs
because of little to no profit for their events.Stakeholders are smaller
groups that are getting tromped by larger groups (baronies mostly) having a
more than two events annually.One of the other things that we started
talking about were "minor kingdom events" being bid in advance too.   TOC,
Rose Tourney, RUM, Regional A&S, etc having a more defined and regular time
frame so they can be tacked on to an existing event bid, well in advance,
so other groups in the area avoid the date.  That is just beginning to
coalesce and will take a lot more hashing out to make it feasible.  If
smaller groups can take some of those "minor" events, then it can be growth
opportunities for the group.*




Thanks,
-Gregoire.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Johnna Holloway via Barony <
barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:

> Are there really too many events?
>
> The big events are well known and they calendar
> at roughly the same time each year. Maidens is in January. Twelfth Nights
> come before.
> Valentine's Day is February 14th and Sometime near that date, there will
> be held a massacre.
> The border wars, baroness wars, interkingdom raids, crossings, PW
> practices, etc. follow along
> in the good weather. (The established big events offer the intrinsic
> combinations of shopping, fighting, seminars,
> and good company; think about why you attend and plan months out to attend
> certain events.)
>  We also know roughly when the Coronations and Crowns, Gulf War, and
> Pennsic will be.
> Larger and legacy events are already regional efforts or even kingdom
> efforts. We just don't see the work of the many individuals
> which step up to work for the event. Be they in the kitchen, on the field
> as extra marshals for archery, youth, retainers, etc. outside people always
> work those events. We just don't always recognize those efforts.
> Kingdom A&S always relies on as many as 60-80 extra people who come to
> judge and tally.
>
> The basic factors haven't changed. Whether or not someone
> or a family attends any event depends in large part on costs, distance,
> and advance PR. Will the
> Crown be present? Are their friends or household meeting up at the event?
> What activities draw people?
> Will people travel more this summer since the price of gas is down? Or
> will smaller events suffer because
> they are competing with SCA50 Year in June?
> Do we have actual survey information as to who attends what and why? What
> are the factors?
> If the choice is between two events, why one and not another?
> How far will they drive for a day trip? Do events that actively post on
> Facebook and social media
> draw more people these days?
>
> With all the specialist events these days, it doesn't seem to me the rule
> needs to change.
> The dance event does not draw the same audience as the rapier event 101
> miles away in a
> different state. If they were 40 miles away, they still wouldn't draw the
> same audience.
> The heraldry event will not interest the families with children who are
> into youth combat.
> If you are heading to SCA50 Year, you may not attend Pennsic this year and
> you may skip Crown.
> Should we worry about that?
>
> Johnnae
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Barony mailing list
> Barony at cynnabar.org
> http://lists.cynnabar.org/listinfo/barony
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.cynnabar.org/pipermail/barony/attachments/20160127/4b1c7cce/attachment.html>