[Artemisia] Kingdom Calendar Change Proposal (long)

[Sonda Stott]

Greetings all,

I am a former Artemisian so I hope you won't mind my commenting.

I am now living in Meridies and we suffer from the same expansive kingdom/low attendance that Artemisia does. This past fall out of dire circumstances we combined our Crown Tourney and Kingdom A&S into a one weekend-two day event. Crown was held on Sat and A&S on Sun with separate groups responsible for each event. It was remarkably well attended. We are doing it again this spring and are looking at making what we fondly refer to as 'Artsy Crown' a standard event. 

YIS,
Richeza the Red
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On Mon, 3/17/14, Jeanine Schlauch <jeanines at cableone.net> wrote:

 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
 Date: Monday, March 17, 2014, 11:07 AM
 
 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
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