[Artemisia] Uprising scheduling

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I meant to send this to the List and Conrad but hit the wrong button. Here is my response to Conrad in case anyone else is interested.
 
Baroness Antoinette
 
Conrad and others who are interested, Here is the reasoning used when determining schedules for this year. The question of moving court to a different time was considered. I talked with others to get input on this question. When setting the schedule, people seem to appreciate specific times for classes, children's activities, fighting scenerios and tournaments. It is extremely hard to predict how long court will last. If court is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. and we plan for two hours, by the time court is over and people are ready for other things, it is 12:30 p.m. If court runs long that pushes the entire schedule back. That means everything is still going on during the warmer parts of the day. Likewise, if we schedule court for 1:00 p.m. then everything has to be stopped. Depending on how long court runs, it could be 3:30 p.m. or later when activities resume. If a tourney, like the unbelted tourney, does not start until 11:00 p.m., it has to be stopped for court at 1:00 p.m. and then resumed later. No one I talked with liked that idea. By putting court at night it does not interrupt, stop or disrupt any other activities during the day. If it runs long, only darkness is being burned and not daylight hours that people want to use for other activities. The 8:00 p.m. schedule is used to allow kitchens to have dinner over with so that those who want to attend court can and those who don't can do other things. Court in the middle of the day does not affect just the fighting but everything else we schedule for Uprising. Likewise, trying to keep court to one hour or two hours is not always possible. This is one of the best opportunities the King and Queen, and the territorials, have to get caught up on awards and give out recognition that is deserved, sometimes way over due in being done. By having court in the evenings there does not have to be a worry about time because of other activities that have been stopped to do court.  I hope this helps explain a bit the reasoning used in setting the schedule. YIS,Baroness Antoinette