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[Eshari]

From: Katy <katyouroboros at earthlink.net>

> Woohoo! We're almost a party.

Three of us is a party? ^_o


> Can I ask, what is the minimum needed?

My brain is telling me 15, but I'm not sure if I'm pulling that number 
out of the air or not (that might have been from Big Basin). I don't 
know if they try to kick you out if you don't have the numbers, or what 
(I don't see what right they'd have; I paid the fee up front in March, 
so it's not like they're out money). At $25 each I would need to get 10 
people to break even, so that's my working minimum.

 > And I
> was thinking, what if there were more enticing workshops? Would that help
> draw people in? 

It might. The problem seems to be mostly that there are not enough 
people around that both want to go, and are able to go. For example, 
Shiari lives around here, but has said "I'm not interested in coming to 
a gather". Kai and Fey might theoretically be interested, but she tends 
to get around outside the house in a power chair, so camping's 
impossible for her. Richard might be interested, but he has, like, a 
basic allergy to sunlight or something, so again out for camping. The 
Silver Elves have expressed a very lackadaisical kind of interest, "oh, 
sure, we might, if nothing else was on the schedule first", and I have a 
kind of feeling that they are not likely to make the effort to go to 
anything that is not on their side of the bay (North). Many folks it 
seems are not able to afford to travel, even if they have no problem 
with the venue.

I don't know why no one from the east or middle areas is willing to 
travel as I have had to do for years, but there you go. (I guess myabe 
they feel they don't have to since they already have the gathers where 
they are.)

 > And well if I want more enticing workshops, why don't I
> present one!? So I'm thinking about volunteering to do a workshop about
> meeting earth spirits, elementals, dryads, faerie spirits, etc. in nature.
> Maybe also include information about setting up altars and sacred space to
> honor them. Do you think that would be a good workshop?

Sure, sounds fine to me. Aim for something about an hour long, no more 
than two (attention spans and all!). The schedule as is has 1.5 hour 
blocks but that is, as stated, "the schedule equivalent of lorem ipsum". 
Walking the Thresholds uses a really loose "morning, afternoon, evening" 
type of schedule. That actually didn't turn out so well at Hollow Hills 
- half the stuff on the schedule got skipped due to a loss of focus, and 
a few rather boisterous people seeming to dominate with silliness and 
mundane conversation, which I was unable to rein in (and which there was 
not enough overall attendance to happily absorb). But I dunno if trying 
to do it by a clock will work any better -- these are otherkin we're 
talking about *wink*.

Eshari
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