Estrella War 2009 hospitality questions

[ysabet]

 Hmmmm...

Okay, in brief-- and those of you who aren't SCA or interested in SCA stuff, feel free to skip this; it'll be total Greek, trust me.

As of yesterday evening I heard that the staff for the next Estrella War have plans to drop the budget for the Hospitality Tent and supplies very drastically, as well as doing away with their cart.  Last

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[raventhourne]

So, it seems that unlike previous years where hospitality ran all over hither and yon..each organization will be responsible for hospitality.

Its a restructuring it seems of how things work...a more city state versus global thing. So, I would expect that security point would have soup etc ready and would be bring it out with the shift changes etc. It also sounds like they are restructuring what is being "secured" through out the event to make it easier for volunteers.

All I can say is 1)If security needs food donations..talk to me in january and I'll make a costco run, 2)see how this new strategy works and give feed back next year.

[ysabet]

**nods** I admit, I'm not happy with this restructuring entirely-- to me, 'hospitality' should be in charge of just that, helping to make things hospitable for both nonworking attendees and staff alike. They did a magnificent job-- I can't stress that enough, and I did my best to make sure they knew how much we appreciated them (me and many more; we all thanked 'em profusely.)

The CostCo run suggestion's great; wonder if maybe we could do some sort of fundraiser specifically geared to this sort of thing--? **tentatively sticks toe into the water**

[snotblossom]

It was also mentioned that perhaps the Baronies might want to step up a little and help tend to their members who are volunteering. That sounds like a good idea to me and I might be up for that, but probably not until the war after this upcoming one, since I have chosen Disneyland and a happy husband over Estrella this time around.

[dqbunny]

But war IS Disneyland! You just have to think outside the box ... a lot. There's the sheep signs, and the royal pavilion can be Snow White's Castle, and the archery range can be Frontierland complete with shooting expedition and if it's muddy again, we can pull a cart through it and have it be Splash Mountain!

[dqbunny]

That was my suggestion as well during the Southern meeting - that we hold a fundraiser. That being said, I'm perfectly happy to contribute money out of my own pocket to help this out.

Though, I'm also interested in seeing what security stations other than main gate get taken away. I can see the usefulness of a lot of the stations, though if we're not getting the volunteers (like we were struggling with this year), then I can see that being reorganized. However, you would need just one member of the security volunteers getting things ready for the shift changes, and Johannes said that really you'd need a cart just to get folks to and from the various security points.

From what I've seen of security, you can't just leave your station to rest/eat, etc. You're doing pretty good to get a bathroom break if you don't have a partner.

[ysabet]

Agreed; and I don't like the idea of people working the more remote points alone. Accidents DO happen.

As for a fundraiser, maybe it could be set up with an already-planned event? I dunno-- an auction, maybe? Desserts are good to auction... or sutelties? (subtleties? I always get the damned spelling wrong, being that there seems to be about 20 ways to do it.) Might be fun...