I like this a lot better than trying to add a level of organization to the process. Admittedly the aspect of cormac's original idea I liked the most is the idea that sponsorship of fields would allow more erics, thus making the tourney easier. A more decentralized system would preclude that to an extent.
What if instead of sponsoring a field, groups were to set up their own hospitality on this model, make it clear that it's open to anyone who wants to come in (not something that's always perfectly clear) and then people looking for volunteers could just visit each hospitality center rather than sort of canvassing the whole field? Or, conversely, the various centers could funnel people who seem interested towards the appropriate bodies without it being "you're with us, so you need to go do X"
I know that my 'household' (laughable at best these days -- call it the folks on the fringe I camp with. . . I only really have a household at Estrella) doesn't tend to do a whole lot, but that since I don't get a chance to come out and play very much my lady and I like to volunteer at any event we do make. Being able to do that without a commitment to a group is important to me, since I'm a bit leery of joining anything larger than the aforementioned household right now (long story harkening back to my first event and various other things. I'll talk about it if anyone is interested but I'm not sure it's germane). The sense that I have to do X, Y, and Z to volunteer is going to put me off. I like the ability to just walk up and say "hi, I'm here to help, what do you need?"
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Re: Celestia's Tavern
Date: 2007-06-08 04:31 pm (UTC)What if instead of sponsoring a field, groups were to set up their own hospitality on this model, make it clear that it's open to anyone who wants to come in (not something that's always perfectly clear) and then people looking for volunteers could just visit each hospitality center rather than sort of canvassing the whole field? Or, conversely, the various centers could funnel people who seem interested towards the appropriate bodies without it being "you're with us, so you need to go do X"
I know that my 'household' (laughable at best these days -- call it the folks on the fringe I camp with. . . I only really have a household at Estrella) doesn't tend to do a whole lot, but that since I don't get a chance to come out and play very much my lady and I like to volunteer at any event we do make. Being able to do that without a commitment to a group is important to me, since I'm a bit leery of joining anything larger than the aforementioned household right now (long story harkening back to my first event and various other things. I'll talk about it if anyone is interested but I'm not sure it's germane). The sense that I have to do X, Y, and Z to volunteer is going to put me off. I like the ability to just walk up and say "hi, I'm here to help, what do you need?"