this comment is going to be somewhat unrelated to the other comments, most likely because I'm so separated from most of these going-ons... but
A&S, if there is a good/fun competition going on in an area with a lot of people who enjoy to compete and involve themselves in that particular area (craft/fight etc. and geographical), such results will occur. the same as for those areas where it does not exist. Also... it is more likely to happen if the goal is obtainable, such as being able to actually attend such event. There are many events I would surely love to attend out here in the East, but due to geography, it is very unlikely I'll ever attend them.
As with principalities... since my area is going, has gone, through that... I find it very troublesome that so many view that the formation of a new group with such negative feelings. Yes it is separating and the final result will, and should, end up as the formation of a new group but why people much regard it with animosity is beyond me. The idea should be to let a group go principality to they can grow further and properly function on their own as a Kingdom. Too many time I see the SCA regarding strength as a matter of numbers and further fostering that idea rather than seeing strength as in people who can function well together. It's not really change anyway, the main core of the whole thing remains the same... it's growth and the eventual formation of new groups is strength in a way. Why anyone would want to prevent growth is beyond me, especially in an organization so bent on recruitment and retainment.
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A&S, if there is a good/fun competition going on in an area with a lot of people who enjoy to compete and involve themselves in that particular area (craft/fight etc. and geographical), such results will occur. the same as for those areas where it does not exist. Also... it is more likely to happen if the goal is obtainable, such as being able to actually attend such event. There are many events I would surely love to attend out here in the East, but due to geography, it is very unlikely I'll ever attend them.
As with principalities... since my area is going, has gone, through that... I find it very troublesome that so many view that the formation of a new group with such negative feelings. Yes it is separating and the final result will, and should, end up as the formation of a new group but why people much regard it with animosity is beyond me. The idea should be to let a group go principality to they can grow further and properly function on their own as a Kingdom. Too many time I see the SCA regarding strength as a matter of numbers and further fostering that idea rather than seeing strength as in people who can function well together.
It's not really change anyway, the main core of the whole thing remains the same... it's growth and the eventual formation of new groups is strength in a way. Why anyone would want to prevent growth is beyond me, especially in an organization so bent on recruitment and retainment.