It's just a harder problem to get a handle on. I understand that nobody wants to monkey with the nature of an event that's doing well and risk it flopping. Which, of course, is why it can be like pulling teeth to change venues, head chefs, etc.
Though I would argue that Val Day, for instance, has changed dramatically over the past five or six years. When the Heavy Weapons side moved from a formal Pas style to what is effectively a melee practice, it changed the very nature of the event. How many people did you see in full Venetian or Tudor? What's the ratio of space devoted to A&S any more? It's made the event much more popular - attendance nearly doubled or better. But it's effectively a different event. That can cut both ways.
It's the "doing things the way we've always done them" thing that's the hardest. You can tell people all you like that changing their events up a little now and then is a Good Thing(TM). But they all want the next Stooper Dooper Event XXX!!
Which is why I sort of favor an approach to the effect of putting any two events on the Calendar at will - 3rd or more events only within a 4 month window. It opens up at least some opportunity for newer and incipient groups to launch events.
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Date: 2010-02-16 07:04 pm (UTC)It's just a harder problem to get a handle on. I understand that nobody wants to monkey with the nature of an event that's doing well and risk it flopping. Which, of course, is why it can be like pulling teeth to change venues, head chefs, etc.
Though I would argue that Val Day, for instance, has changed dramatically over the past five or six years. When the Heavy Weapons side moved from a formal Pas style to what is effectively a melee practice, it changed the very nature of the event. How many people did you see in full Venetian or Tudor? What's the ratio of space devoted to A&S any more? It's made the event much more popular - attendance nearly doubled or better. But it's effectively a different event. That can cut both ways.
It's the "doing things the way we've always done them" thing that's the hardest. You can tell people all you like that changing their events up a little now and then is a Good Thing(TM). But they all want the next Stooper Dooper Event XXX!!
Which is why I sort of favor an approach to the effect of putting any two events on the Calendar at will - 3rd or more events only within a 4 month window. It opens up at least some opportunity for newer and incipient groups to launch events.