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Holiday and New Year Festivals - Kris Kringle - 12-04-2014
[SEASONAL FESTIVALS TEAM]
Hi Team! Let's get to work.
I have been talking with Delegate Tsunamy and Foreign Minister Ravenclaw, and they have asked us to plan Holiday and New Year festivals, the New Year one preferably being a joint event with the North Pacific. Our job is to find the best way to organise these events, including the decision of how long each should last, where to hold them (forum only, region only, both) and what activities to have in each.
Task #1
We need to determine by the end of the week how to organise the two events:
Thanks again for signing up!
Hi Team! Let's get to work.
I have been talking with Delegate Tsunamy and Foreign Minister Ravenclaw, and they have asked us to plan Holiday and New Year festivals, the New Year one preferably being a joint event with the North Pacific. Our job is to find the best way to organise these events, including the decision of how long each should last, where to hold them (forum only, region only, both) and what activities to have in each.
Task #1
We need to determine by the end of the week how to organise the two events:
- How long each could last
- On what dates should each be held
Thanks again for signing up!
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - Aramanchovia - 12-04-2014
I think maybe 5-7 days for each with a bit of a break between the two. So maybe around 22-28 for the first one, start the New Years one around the 4th Jan? Guessing if that one is a joint event, we will need to co-ordinate with TNP, find a suitable time for both regions - they may want to bring it forward.
As for where these are held, possibly forum only for #1? The second one I see benefits of involving the site, as with inter-regional RMB posting, people from both regions can participate without signing up, but would still have a sub-forum here (and maybe on TNP forums) too. Possibly have a region v region trivia contest or some other game on the RMB?
I dunno, just some ideas, would like to hear what the others think too.
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - Llamas - 12-04-2014
It's definitely possible to hold these events. However, there's one problem with this. Having previously organized a similar event for Lazarus, I learned that it typically takes longer than you'd expect to get a good turnout at an event, so it's better to have longer events to give people more of a chance. In addition, holding two different winter-themed events could create a kind of "Event fatigue" - By putting them so close together, most people would probably decide to only attend one event, and having two events so close together might convince others that these things are common and thus cheapen the experience for them, as things that happen frequently are typically not considered to be special or interesting by most people. Because of that, it would be significantly better to hold a single, longer event rather than this.
I would advise that the event be scheduled to last from the day before Christmas Eve to the day after New Years'. This has a variety of advantages:
1. It includes the two most commonly celebrated events of the holiday season and their respective Eves.
2. The most active part of an event is usually the end, which will coincide with New Years', when we can hold events celebrating the New Year.
3. During winter break, when people will have lots of time.
4. The event will end before the weekend, when most people will do all the homework that they should have been doing the past week or two and thus will be less active.
All in all, it's the optimal time.
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - God-Emperor - 12-04-2014
I'm usually not the most politically correct guy in the world, but Hanukkah is on 16 December this year...
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - ProfessorHenn - 12-04-2014
Make it one big fesitval! Let TSP's Moniker live up to it's name!
But no, the 22nd to the 4th sounds like a good idea. Can we also possibly get a few other Pacifics into this? I'll see about Europeia.
(This is not a festival, this is THE festival.)
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - Kris Kringle - 12-04-2014
(12-04-2014, 06:50 PM)Henn Wrote: Can we also possibly get a few other Pacifics into this? I'll see about Europeia.
Please don't. Our job is to organise the festival. Who will be invited and when invitations will be sent is the job of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - ProfessorHenn - 12-04-2014
. . .
I'm going to leave it. Not worth another argument from me.
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - Kris Kringle - 12-04-2014
It's not about arguing, Henn. It's about each doing their job. Our job is to oversee regional affairs, not to deal with other regions.
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - Aramanchovia - 12-04-2014
One joint, longer festival sounds OK, if that is an option.
Starting by the 16th doesn't give us a lot of time to prepare, would rather a quality event, than a rushed one. 22nd or 23rd is probably far enough away to prepare adequately.
RE: Holiday and New Year Festivals - Kris Kringle - 12-05-2014
Tsu agrees with a December 22-January 2 event, so now we have a date. I've been told TNP agrees with roughly the same dates, so we should be fine on that aspect.
Task #2
How should we hold the event? Should it be all one big join event with TNP, or should we make the Christmas half of if just us, and then share with TNP for the New Year half? Or perhaps the other way around? Or any other arrangement? Obviously this is something we'll have to discuss with them, but what would be our recommendation?