Exclusion and the appearance thereof are concerns of mine as well. There are quite a few disillusioned people in the SCA who would otherwise be useful and effective volunteers but feel that their contributions aren't appreciated.
However, I suspect this type of field sponsoring wouldn't happen more than five times a year; 2 Crowns, 2 Queen's Champions, and CP Prize (maybe) as kingdom tournaments, would be the only events I'd expect this to happen at, as they'd feature the efforts of individual groups within the kingdom on a very visual basis. Shire/Baronial events are by definition smaller, and run by the local group, so I wouldn't expect a household or geopolitical group to show up and run a field (or if they did, they'd be local households or cantons/colleges within the local group).
Another option, though one that does less to solve the volunteer issues we've been having in the kingdom, would be for groups to water and shade the fighters, consorts, marshals and heralds, but not claim the field itself or be the sole provider of volunteers for the field (in other words, common courtesy and hospitality).
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Date: 2007-06-08 01:15 am (UTC)However, I suspect this type of field sponsoring wouldn't happen more than five times a year; 2 Crowns, 2 Queen's Champions, and CP Prize (maybe) as kingdom tournaments, would be the only events I'd expect this to happen at, as they'd feature the efforts of individual groups within the kingdom on a very visual basis. Shire/Baronial events are by definition smaller, and run by the local group, so I wouldn't expect a household or geopolitical group to show up and run a field (or if they did, they'd be local households or cantons/colleges within the local group).
Another option, though one that does less to solve the volunteer issues we've been having in the kingdom, would be for groups to water and shade the fighters, consorts, marshals and heralds, but not claim the field itself or be the sole provider of volunteers for the field (in other words, common courtesy and hospitality).