[SCA-Dance] Fw: KWDS report (What I Did on my Summer Vacation...)

[Mary Railing]

Sir Alan had agreed to speak for our bid, but he has hurt his back and won't be going to Pennsic.  I may be able to find someone else, but not before Sunday the 2nd.  Since a number of people have said they prefer the weekend, would Sunday evening in the two-hour gap between the end of Dafydd's class and the beginning of the Beginners' Ball be possible?  Since I don't go to war, I don't know if it is possible to have such a meeting in the dance tent before the ball starts.  Is that feasible, or is there too much involved in setting up for the ball for this location to be practical?

If I have to participate at a distance, is there someone who can help a technically-challenged old woman get hooked up via conference call or web cam or something?  (I believe Gwommy had said something about using his phone?)

How are we going to decide the outcome?  If three or four bids really are presented, true consensus may not be possible.  Are we voting? Are we having a dance-off?  (I realize that if it comes down to a dance-off, Mynydd Seren loses if we don't have anyone present to dance for us.  However, I've accepted that as a valid tie-breaker before, so I really can't object.  It's no crazier than Crown Tourney, right?)

Some plan needs to be decided soon, because I assume some people will already be leaving for war at the end of this week.

--Urraca


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From: Nadine <ianthe at gmail.com>
To: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 6:11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] Fw: KWDS report (What I Did on my Summer Vacation...)

I propose the Sat or Sunday August 2nd to catch those of us just
flying in for a few short days, or leaving the 2nd week.
I leave on Monday the 3rd. But I don't have to be there, I'm pretty
sure my pro having annual KWDS as long as there are enough interested
bids is obvious :)

Build a dance hall, and the dancers will come. (Maybe not all the
time, but most of the time.)

Lowrie.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM, bfg1<bfgus at verizon.net> wrote:
> With a discussion on the KWDS site(s) planned for Pennsic and a potential
> for a telecom, we should discuss what day we will have the discussion. My
> put is for Monday or Tuesday of the 2nd week so that the most dancers are
> present. For me, I may drive back home sometime during the 2nd week to prep
> for upcoming meetings.
>
> Gus
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sca-dance-bounces+bfgus=verizon.net at sca-dance.org] On Behalf Of
> Nadine
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 1:41 AM
> To: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
> Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] Fw: KWDS report (What I Did on my Summer
> Vacation...)
>
> That was several years ago, maybe 6 years ago or more.
>
> I think we can revisit the topic, especially when we have 4 places
> expressing interest in hosting. Personally, I don't think "it does
> draw from the whole known world" being a good excuse. When I was in
> the Seattle KWDS, there were maybe a handful flying in from outside
> the country (not counting Canada), similarly for the KWD in Texas. And
> you see the same usual suspects at Pennsic and KWDS, and the same
> subset of them at Terpischore or Crystal Ball (both yearly dance
> events which draws people from outside their kingdom).
>
> Either way, there is a lot to be gain for letting KWD be annual for 4
> years, and then revisiting it to see if it needs to be once every two
> years. We don't have to be set in one particular way or another.
>
> I know if the next KWD is in Europe, I will be missing it. And having
> missed the one in Canada, and the next one in Europe, that's 4 years
> of no KWD for me, because of travel limitations. Having it annually
> would mean I miss it every other year, instead of for 4 year stretches
> at a time.
>
> Lowrie.
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Mary Railing<mrailing2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The idea of an annual KWDS was discussed and rejected early on because
> people said the expense and time commitment would be too great.  Since it
> does draw from the whole Known World, a significant number of attendees pay
> to fly in.  Since it uses three days, plus travel time, it uses up weekday
> vacation time that could have been spend at Pennsic, etc., so people said
> they didn't want to make that commitment every year.
>>
>>
>> I'm not familiar with Skype.  Is a conference call among a large group of
> people actually possible in a campground?
>>
>> Sir Alan Culross has agreed to advocate for Mynydd Seren at Pennsic, but
> he will only be there during the second week.  So, where and when do folks
> want to meet and make a decision?
>>
>> --Urraca
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Caroline Walsh <thlroz at hotmail.com>
>> To: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:58:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] KWDS report (What I Did on my Summer Vacation...)
>>
>>
>> Greetings to the list.
>>
>> I would put forth the suggestion to do a confernce call, perhaps on a free
> service such as Skype.  I have used this to plan a locally hosted kingdom
> event (here in Trimaris) and found it fairly easy to coordinate.  An extra
> benifit of this is that you dont have to spen the time you are physically
> together discussing when you could be dancing.
>>
>> Alas, I will not be at Pensic.  I would love to be in on the discussion
> (even if my good cousins here don't know me from Adam's housecat) as a
> couple of us here in southern Trimaris have been bouncing the idea of
> bidding on a KWDS.  We haven't spoken to the others in the dance community
> in our Kingdom - yet - and so I have been loathe to mention it previously on
> this list.  I will admit, the prospect of looking to being able to do this 8
> to 10 years from now is somewhat discouraging....   *Has* the idea of an
> annual event been previously discussed?
>>
>>
>>
>> As ever,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mistress Roz, the Younger
>>
>>
>>> From: gwommy at gmail.com
>>> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:56:41 -0400
>>> To: sca-dance at sca-dance.org
>>> Subject: Re: [SCA-Dance] KWDS report (What I Did on my Summer
> Vacation...)
>>>
>>> I was thinking that perhaps we could set a time to meet at Pennsic for
> further discussing the next KWDS bid here on the list and since Uracca can't
> be there, you'd think that someone would be able to call her and put her on
> speaker phone similar to a conference call. If we met on the middle Sat or
> Sun, we could use my phone.
>>>
>>> --Gwommy
>>>
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