[Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 126, Issue 8
Jeanne P / Casamira
jeannecas at gmail.com
Mon Mar 17 22:04:23 CDT 2014
Calendar changes
What happened to collegium?
We are a non-profit tax exempt group because of our educational focus.
Take that away, and we lose our tax exempt status.
Casamira
Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences
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> 1. Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long) (Jeanine Schlauch)
> 2. Re: Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long) (Morgan)
> 3. Re: Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long) (Christine Fitzgerald)
> 4. Re: Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long) (Jacquie Ziegler)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:07:16 -0600
> From: Jeanine Schlauch <jeanines at cableone.net>
> Subject: [Artemisia] Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long)
> To: The Aerie <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>, Jeanine Schlauch
> <jeanines at cableone.net>, Artemisia Seneschal
> <seneschal at artemisia.sca.org>, crown at artemisia.sca.org
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> Greetings to the Kingdom,
>
> I would like to restart the conversation around Master Braden's proposal to
> change the dates of our Kingdom events.
>
> We, the populace, are the Kingdom and we, the populace, have not been
> attending events as much as we used to. Of course, the economy is in part
> to blame - less money, high gas prices, you betcha. However, I firmly
> believe that the current Kingdom schedule carries a lot of that burden.
>
> To refresh everyone's memory, the Kingdom Calendar for past few years has
> been Coronation in March; Crown in April; A&S in May and Coronation in
> September; Crown in October; Collegium in November; with various champion
> tournaments spread out over the year at whatever event might have room.
>
> *Current Problems*
>
> Not very many people can attend 3 Kingdom in a row - even if they weren't
> spread out over such a huge distance. A&S and especially Collegium suffer
> the most, being lightly attended in the first place and last in line in the
> second. The idea of a Champions Weekend has merit - however, I do not
> believe it will go far enough to solve our current problems.
>
> Affordable sites are hard to come by - especially at the last minute.
> The stress level for a group asked to host a Coronation with just a few
> months notice is incredible and IMO, unfair and unnecessary.
>
> We live in the Northwest - we are going to have snow whenever it feels
> like snowing; January does not hold the monopoly on bad weather - just ask
> the folks from Montana if they made it to Coronation in March or the folks
> who tore down Uprising in a snow storm.
>
>
> Less Coordination/Communication between groups regarding events in
> general and Premier events in particular
>
> As it stands now, the Winter Reign has Harvest War, GWW and sometimes
> Battlemoor; while the Summer Reign has Estrella (sometimes), Gulf Wars
> (again, sometimes); Uprising, Lilies; AnTir/West and Pennsic;
>
>
> *Proposed Changes*
>
> Kingdom weekend moves to the *3rd weekend* of the month
>
> Coronations are rotated throughout the Kingdom, same as Crowns
>
> January Coronation (MLK's weekend)
>
> April Crown
>
> July Coronation
>
> October Crown
>
> Champion Tourneys and Kingdom meetings (Seneschal(e)s; Reeves;
> Officers in general and Calendar discussions) - Labor Day weekend
>
> * 2015 Examples *
>
> Coronation Jan 17-19
>
> Crown Tourney Apr 18-19
>
> Coronation July 18-19
>
> Champions Weekend Sept 5-7
>
> Crown Tourney Oct 17-18
>
>
>
> *Benefits of this change*
>
> Spreads the Kingdom events evenly over the year;
>
> Eases the stress on the pocket book - 3 Kingdom events back to back
> over 3 months means fewer folk are able to attend all 3.
>
>
> We get our Kingdom birthday back
>
>
> The 3rd weekend of the month is not used for Crown events in any other
> close Kingdom
>
>
> Makes use of two 3 day weekends - especially the one in January;
>
>
> Lessens the amount of time, money and effort required of the Heirs
> and Crowns - widening the pool of potential candidates; (frankly, 3 months
> as Heirs is more than long enough)
>
> Allows each set of Crowns to go to multiple Wars throughout the
> Kingdom and the Known Worlde. Estrella, Gulf Wars, Lilies, Uprising and
> West/An Tir during one; Pennsic; Raptor War, Harvest, Battlemoor and GWW in
> the other
>
> Adding Coronation to the rotation eases the incredible stress on local
> groups/stewards and allows for long-term planning and acquisitions of
> sites; (anyone remember Pugmire campground? They have a waiting list)
>
>
> It is my hope that we, as the members of this Kingdom, will discuss the
> merits of this proposal and if it is accepted - petition the Crown, the
> Heirs and the Seneschale to make these changes as soon as possible.
>
>
> Thank you for your time and attention.
>
>
> Most sincerely,
>
> Viscountess Morgan du Marc, OP
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:12:47 -0600
> From: Morgan <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long)
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
> <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Message-ID: <mj8jx2s8me1r67x7gvewtegk.1395083567174 at email.android.com>
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>
> In reply to the Proposal-Assigned Coronations; while all of Her
> Excellency's points are fully valid, they overlook one of (I believe) the
> more meaningful benefits of winning Crown Tournament- Your Coronation Your
> way, in the place You choose. Despite all of the evidence to the contrary
> (insert the Duke of your choice here), we have to assume that the Prince
> and Princess will only be having this experience once. Having Their
> Coronation in Their home group, where Their family, including non-SCA
> family, can attend, can be an emotionally major part of Their ceremony.
> Regarding the rest of her proposal, my only point to consider is that
> weather should be removed from the evaluation of the suitability of any
> dates; as she noted, we've had beautiful days in mid-January and snow
> storms in mid-June, so we should just ignore weather in considering event
> feasability.
> Of course, I could be wrong.
> Morgan " no, the *other* other one" Blaidd Du
>
> Jeanine Schlauch <jeanines at cableone.net> wrote:
>
> >Greetings to the Kingdom,
> >
> >I would like to restart the conversation around Master Braden's proposal
> to
> >change the dates of our Kingdom events.
> >
> >We, the populace, are the Kingdom and we, the populace, have not been
> >attending events as much as we used to. Of course, the economy is in part
> >to blame - less money, high gas prices, you betcha. However, I firmly
> >believe that the current Kingdom schedule carries a lot of that burden.
> >
> >To refresh everyone's memory, the Kingdom Calendar for past few years has
> >been Coronation in March; Crown in April; A&S in May and Coronation in
> >September; Crown in October; Collegium in November; with various champion
> >tournaments spread out over the year at whatever event might have room.
> >
> >*Current Problems*
> >
> > Not very many people can attend 3 Kingdom in a row - even if they
> weren't
> >spread out over such a huge distance. A&S and especially Collegium
> suffer
> >the most, being lightly attended in the first place and last in line in
> the
> >second. The idea of a Champions Weekend has merit - however, I do not
> >believe it will go far enough to solve our current problems.
> >
> > Affordable sites are hard to come by - especially at the last minute.
> >The stress level for a group asked to host a Coronation with just a few
> >months notice is incredible and IMO, unfair and unnecessary.
> >
> > We live in the Northwest - we are going to have snow whenever it feels
> >like snowing; January does not hold the monopoly on bad weather - just ask
> >the folks from Montana if they made it to Coronation in March or the folks
> >who tore down Uprising in a snow storm.
> >
> >
> > Less Coordination/Communication between groups regarding events in
> >general and Premier events in particular
> >
> > As it stands now, the Winter Reign has Harvest War, GWW and sometimes
> >Battlemoor; while the Summer Reign has Estrella (sometimes), Gulf Wars
> >(again, sometimes); Uprising, Lilies; AnTir/West and Pennsic;
> >
> >
> > *Proposed Changes*
> >
> > Kingdom weekend moves to the *3rd weekend* of the month
> >
> > Coronations are rotated throughout the Kingdom, same as Crowns
> >
> > January Coronation (MLK's weekend)
> >
> > April Crown
> >
> > July Coronation
> >
> > October Crown
> >
> > Champion Tourneys and Kingdom meetings (Seneschal(e)s; Reeves;
> >Officers in general and Calendar discussions) - Labor Day weekend
> >
> >* 2015 Examples *
> >
> > Coronation Jan 17-19
> >
> > Crown Tourney Apr 18-19
> >
> > Coronation July 18-19
> >
> > Champions Weekend Sept 5-7
> >
> > Crown Tourney Oct 17-18
> >
> >
> >
> > *Benefits of this change*
> >
> > Spreads the Kingdom events evenly over the year;
> >
> > Eases the stress on the pocket book - 3 Kingdom events back to back
> >over 3 months means fewer folk are able to attend all 3.
> >
> >
> > We get our Kingdom birthday back
> >
> >
> > The 3rd weekend of the month is not used for Crown events in any
> other
> >close Kingdom
> >
> >
> > Makes use of two 3 day weekends - especially the one in January;
> >
> >
> > Lessens the amount of time, money and effort required of the Heirs
> >and Crowns - widening the pool of potential candidates; (frankly, 3
> months
> >as Heirs is more than long enough)
> >
> > Allows each set of Crowns to go to multiple Wars throughout the
> >Kingdom and the Known Worlde. Estrella, Gulf Wars, Lilies, Uprising and
> >West/An Tir during one; Pennsic; Raptor War, Harvest, Battlemoor and GWW
> in
> >the other
> >
> > Adding Coronation to the rotation eases the incredible stress on
> local
> >groups/stewards and allows for long-term planning and acquisitions of
> >sites; (anyone remember Pugmire campground? They have a waiting list)
> >
> >
> >It is my hope that we, as the members of this Kingdom, will discuss the
> >merits of this proposal and if it is accepted - petition the Crown, the
> >Heirs and the Seneschale to make these changes as soon as possible.
> >
> >
> >Thank you for your time and attention.
> >
> >
> >Most sincerely,
> >
> >Viscountess Morgan du Marc, OP
> >_______________________________________________
> >Artemisia mailing list
> >Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> >http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Christine Fitzgerald <catherineasherbeck03 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long)
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
> <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>, Jeanine Schlauch
> <jeanines at cableone.net>, Artemisia Seneschal
> <seneschal at artemisia.sca.org>, "crown at artemisia.sca.org"
> <crown at artemisia.sca.org>
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>
> To schedual Coronation without the in-put of the people involved is just
> asking for trouble! Other kingdoms have tried scheduling Coronation before
> their are heirs, it? has proven to be an anounce at best and a disaster at
> worst. If the heirs are already multi Dukes/esses not so much a problem.
> But if they are first timers they are going to want it to be local so all
> their people can attend. It will end up being changed at the last moment.
> Leaving the group who were supposed to hold the event holding the bag
> instead. It has happened and will again. Then there are hard feelings as
> well as a finical buhaa.! Our schedual is not perfect but it has been
> worked out over many years. I will say that A&S is not going to be any
> better attended if you move it around on the calender.1. Most people are
> not intrested in entering, for various reasons. 2.Frankly, most of us
> (except those entered) find it generally a? boring event. And they don't
> attend unless it is
> really close to home. And even then the numbers of attendies is always
> low. 3. Unless there are more things for the populace to do they wont waste
> their time & money going. And the problem here is that the autocrats are
> usually swamped with the A&S stuff to do more. I once threw a A&S show &
> tell,(no compition & no criticism) & loads of people showed up for it. Many
> more than had ever shown up for a compatition. Just goes to show that most
> of us aren't intersted in competing. I personaly don't want to spend a lot
> of blood, sweet, tears, money, & time on a project to have it torn apart
> (sometimes litteraly, and it has happened to me as well as others).One
> could have differant households throw sideline events at A&S, to bring in
> the populace. We did it in the past a few times & it worked. 4. A 6 mths.
> spread gives the winners enough time to arrange their scheduls. Make new
> great Garb, arrange for a site (3mths. would put a crimp in all of that).
> ?People do like to schedual at least 6 mths, in advance, even if they are
> just hanging out. How about A&S in Sept. instead. The weather is generally
> more pleasant. It could be a camping event then. And we could do it over a
> weekend.And then other things (fighting, dancing, classes,etc.) could be
> scheduled also.
> ?I have played for over 35 years and have found that in that time A&S
> events in this kingdom at least aren't any fun generally! You want more
> people to attend you should volenteer to throw the next one. Check out how
> other kingdoms do it (esp. the ones who have many people show up) and go
> from there.
> ?Yes we have become stagnat here but until other people are willing to
> step up & do it it aint gonna change!
> ?Just our thoughts! How about others in-put! Lady Cate & Sir fitz
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, March 17, 2014 11:07 AM, Jeanine Schlauch <
> jeanines at cableone.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings to the Kingdom,
>
> I would like to restart the conversation around Master Braden's proposal to
> change the dates of our Kingdom events.
>
> We, the populace, are the Kingdom and we, the populace, have not been
> attending events as much as we used to.? Of course, the economy is in part
> to blame - less money, high gas prices, you betcha.? However, I firmly
> believe that the current Kingdom schedule carries a lot of that burden.
>
> To refresh everyone's memory, the Kingdom Calendar for past few years has
> been Coronation in March; Crown in April; A&S in May and Coronation in
> September; Crown in October;? Collegium in November; with various champion
> tournaments spread out over the year at whatever event might have room.
>
> *Current Problems*
>
> ? Not very many people can attend 3 Kingdom in a row - even if they weren't
> spread out over such a huge distance.? A&S and especially Collegium suffer
> the most, being lightly attended in the first place and last in line in the
> second.? The idea of a Champions Weekend has merit - however, I do not
> believe it will go far enough to solve our current problems.
>
> ? Affordable sites are hard to come by - especially at the last minute.
> The stress level for a group asked to host a Coronation with just a few
> months notice is incredible and IMO, unfair and unnecessary.
>
> ? We live in the Northwest - we are going to have snow whenever it feels
> like snowing; January does not hold the monopoly on bad weather - just ask
> the folks from Montana if they made it to Coronation in March or the folks
> who tore down Uprising in a snow storm.
>
>
> ? Less Coordination/Communication between groups regarding events in
> general and Premier events in particular
>
> ? As it stands now, the Winter Reign has? Harvest War, GWW and sometimes
> Battlemoor; while the Summer Reign has Estrella (sometimes), Gulf Wars
> (again, sometimes); Uprising, Lilies; AnTir/West and Pennsic;
>
>
> *Proposed Changes*
>
> ? ? Kingdom weekend moves to the *3rd weekend* of the month
>
> ? ? Coronations are rotated throughout the Kingdom, same as Crowns
>
> ? ? January Coronation (MLK's weekend)
>
> ? ? April Crown
>
> ? ? July Coronation
>
> ? ? October Crown
>
> ? ? Champion Tourneys and Kingdom meetings (Seneschal(e)s; Reeves;
> Officers in general and Calendar discussions) - Labor Day weekend
>
> * 2015 Examples *
>
> ? ? ? ? Coronation Jan 17-19
>
> ? ? ? ? Crown Tourney Apr 18-19
>
> ? ? ? ? Coronation July 18-19
>
> ? ? ? ? Champions Weekend Sept 5-7
>
> ? ? ? ? Crown Tourney Oct 17-18
>
>
>
> *Benefits of this change*
>
> ? ? ? Spreads the Kingdom events evenly over the year;
>
> ? ? ? Eases the stress on the pocket book - 3 Kingdom events back to back
> over 3 months means fewer folk are able to attend all 3.
>
>
> ? ? ? We get our Kingdom birthday back
>
>
> ? ? The 3rd weekend of the month is not used for Crown events in any other
> close Kingdom
>
>
> ? ? ? Makes use of two 3 day weekends - especially the one in January;
>
>
> ? ? ? Lessens the amount of time, money and effort required of the Heirs
> and Crowns - widening the pool of potential candidates;? (frankly, 3 months
> as Heirs is more than long enough)
>
> ? ? Allows each set of Crowns to go to multiple Wars throughout the
> Kingdom and the Known Worlde.? Estrella, Gulf Wars, Lilies, Uprising and
> West/An Tir during one; Pennsic; Raptor War, Harvest, Battlemoor and GWW in
> the other
>
> ? ? Adding Coronation to the rotation eases the incredible stress on local
> groups/stewards and allows for long-term planning and acquisitions of
> sites; (anyone remember Pugmire campground?? They have a waiting list)
>
>
> It is my hope that we, as the members of this Kingdom, will discuss the
> merits of this proposal and if it is accepted - petition the Crown, the
> Heirs and the Seneschale to make these changes as soon as possible.
>
>
> Thank you for your time and attention.
>
>
> Most sincerely,
>
> Viscountess Morgan du Marc, OP
> _______________________________________________
> Artemisia mailing list
> Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:29:03 -0600
> From: Jacquie Ziegler <shauna at bresnan.net>
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long)
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
> <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Message-ID: <53274CFF.2040609 at bresnan.net>
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>
> On 3/17/2014 11:07, Jeanine Schlauch wrote:
> > Greetings to the Kingdom,
> >
> > I would like to restart the conversation around Master Braden's proposal
> to
> > change the dates of our Kingdom events.
> >
> > We, the populace, are the Kingdom and we, the populace, have not been
> > attending events as much as we used to. Of course, the economy is in
> part
> > to blame - less money, high gas prices, you betcha. However, I firmly
> > believe that the current Kingdom schedule carries a lot of that burden.
> >
> > To refresh everyone's memory, the Kingdom Calendar for past few years has
> > been Coronation in March; Crown in April; A&S in May and Coronation in
> > September; Crown in October; Collegium in November; with various
> champion
> > tournaments spread out over the year at whatever event might have room.
> >
> > *Current Problems*
> >
> > Not very many people can attend 3 Kingdom in a row - even if they
> weren't
> > spread out over such a huge distance. A&S and especially Collegium
> suffer
> > the most, being lightly attended in the first place and last in line in
> the
> > second. The idea of a Champions Weekend has merit - however, I do not
> > believe it will go far enough to solve our current problems.
> >
> > Affordable sites are hard to come by - especially at the last minute.
> > The stress level for a group asked to host a Coronation with just a few
> > months notice is incredible and IMO, unfair and unnecessary.
> >
> > We live in the Northwest - we are going to have snow whenever it feels
> > like snowing; January does not hold the monopoly on bad weather - just
> ask
> > the folks from Montana if they made it to Coronation in March or the
> folks
> > who tore down Uprising in a snow storm.
> >
> >
> > Less Coordination/Communication between groups regarding events in
> > general and Premier events in particular
> >
> > As it stands now, the Winter Reign has Harvest War, GWW and sometimes
> > Battlemoor; while the Summer Reign has Estrella (sometimes), Gulf Wars
> > (again, sometimes); Uprising, Lilies; AnTir/West and Pennsic;
> >
> >
> > *Proposed Changes*
> >
> > Kingdom weekend moves to the *3rd weekend* of the month
> >
> > Coronations are rotated throughout the Kingdom, same as Crowns
> >
> > January Coronation (MLK's weekend)
> >
> > April Crown
> >
> > July Coronation
> >
> > October Crown
> >
> > Champion Tourneys and Kingdom meetings (Seneschal(e)s; Reeves;
> > Officers in general and Calendar discussions) - Labor Day weekend
> >
> > * 2015 Examples *
> >
> > Coronation Jan 17-19
> >
> > Crown Tourney Apr 18-19
> >
> > Coronation July 18-19
> >
> > Champions Weekend Sept 5-7
> >
> > Crown Tourney Oct 17-18
> >
> >
> >
> > *Benefits of this change*
> >
> > Spreads the Kingdom events evenly over the year;
> >
> > Eases the stress on the pocket book - 3 Kingdom events back to
> back
> > over 3 months means fewer folk are able to attend all 3.
> >
> >
> > We get our Kingdom birthday back
> >
> >
> > The 3rd weekend of the month is not used for Crown events in any
> other
> > close Kingdom
> >
> >
> > Makes use of two 3 day weekends - especially the one in January;
> >
> >
> > Lessens the amount of time, money and effort required of the Heirs
> > and Crowns - widening the pool of potential candidates; (frankly, 3
> months
> > as Heirs is more than long enough)
> >
> > Allows each set of Crowns to go to multiple Wars throughout the
> > Kingdom and the Known Worlde. Estrella, Gulf Wars, Lilies, Uprising and
> > West/An Tir during one; Pennsic; Raptor War, Harvest, Battlemoor and GWW
> in
> > the other
> >
> > Adding Coronation to the rotation eases the incredible stress on
> local
> > groups/stewards and allows for long-term planning and acquisitions of
> > sites; (anyone remember Pugmire campground? They have a waiting list)
> >
> >
> > It is my hope that we, as the members of this Kingdom, will discuss the
> > merits of this proposal and if it is accepted - petition the Crown, the
> > Heirs and the Seneschale to make these changes as soon as possible.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your time and attention.
> >
> >
> > Most sincerely,
> >
> > Viscountess Morgan du Marc, OP
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> While I agree that this is something to discuss - and you make some
> valid points - I would
> like to bring up a couple of points that might otherwise go missing in
> this conversation.
>
> Having Kingdom events highlighted on the third weekend would effectively
> eliminate
> a large number of people from being able to attend. Those on a fixed
> income generally
> get paid on the first of the month, and this ties into ability to attend
> events.
>
> Also, it is something that is pretty much SCA-wide, having the Kingdom
> events on the
> first weekend. At some point in the past, information had been given
> from Corporate
> that it was a incorporating-document requirement. Now, this may be a
> 'long-ago, no
> longer valid' item/idea, or it might still be in existence. I would
> appreciate some
> in-depth look/discussion on this before we, as a Kingdom, make such a
> dramatic change.
>
> Baroness Shauna of Carrick Point
> long-time Artemisian (no, I'm not dead yet!) :-D
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
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>
> End of Artemisia Digest, Vol 126, Issue 8
> *****************************************
>
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