[Mistyhighlandslist] For your consideration

[BJ Lyons]

Event Bid for Heralds & Scribes Collegium

Date:  December 13, 2008
Place: Prickett’s Fort State Park (Fairmont, WV)

Activities:	Classes for current or aspiring Heralds and Scribes

Site Cost:  	$270 for rental of the Visitor Center, the Education
		Building, and the Fort
              	$75 refundable cleaning deposit
		½ of site cost is due at reservation along with the
		cleaning deposit
		2nd ½ is due 7 days prior to the event
Total site cost = $270 (if clean-up is satisfactory)

Food: 		$100 (a lunch will be provided; no feast)
Incidentals:	$30 (for additional food, items for royalty if 
		necessary, etc)

Troll Fee:	$10.00 per adult (includes lunch)
		$5.00 for children <12; no charge for children <5

Break Even:	40 adults

Stewards:  	Rota Egilsdottir (Alicia Lyons) & 
		Bjorn bunhauss Olafsson (BJ Lyons)
		RR 1 Box 117 Grafton, WV 26354
		304-619-6065
		rotaegilsdottir at yahoo.com 
		wbjlyons at yahoo.com	

Lunch-o-crat:	Barbara du Lac (Barbara Lyons)
		650 Irish St Summersville, WV 26651
		304-619-6064

Help Needed:	tollners, fire keepers, and cleanup crew

More Information:
- the Visitor Center banquet hall (downstairs) can accommodate approximately 80 people with tables and chairs; approximately 100 without tables
- the Visitor Center library could host a class or consulting area
- the museum in the upstairs of the Visitor Center can accommodate a lecture style class
- the Education Building can accommodate approximately 30 people at a time (3 class spaces)
- the Fort itself contains 2-4 buildings appropriate for lecture style classes; firewood will be provided for heating these buildings
- tables and chairs will be provided
- 3 bathrooms are available and can be used as changing rooms (one inside the Visitor Center, a pair beside the Visitor Center, and a pair near the Education Building)
- a small kitchen is available inside the Visitor Center
- there is adequate lawn space for fighting if there is a marshal willing to supervise
- site is discreetly damp (alcohol consumption is limited to the buildings)
- plenty of parking is available, both by the Visitor Center and by the Education Building
- no additional insurance is required