X Marks Tents at Gatherings

[macwilkin]

Geez you guys lighten up! The idea of the tent was two fold. A place to hang out and aplace to promote daily kilt wearing. Cost for tent space is cheap and usually covers admission for several people. Wasn't planning on selling stuff Just having a good time. My chieftain offered space, any way. The costs would be absorbed by myself or any other of the local California X'ers.

Take a major chill pill! Some of us like the idea, but we don't want to get in trouble either. Mostly we would promote the forum. A lot of the guys around here are very friendly and it would serve as a meeting place as well when attending games.

I didn't wish to stir up controversy.

Devil's Advocate: someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument.

See also constructive criticism.

Michael, Mark, et al:

I'm sorry if I offended you (I can't speak for AA) with my thoughts on the idea. I can assure you that none were meant to be mean-spirited or malicious -- I just wanted to provide you (and others) with "food for thought" before you took on a project like this. And if you would have read my post carefully, I never said that 1). you were planning to sell anything, just that vendors/organisers might not understand your purpose, especially if you were on clan row and 2). The idea of using your clan's tent as a "base of operations" probably was a better one.

I've been going to games/festivals/reenactments for over a decade now, so I just wanted to throw in my "two bobs" on what I have learned, good and bad, as a spectator, participant and organiser -- clan coordinator for our local festival, to be exact.

I still maintain, that having a Xmarks tent (and I'm not referring to the Clan Cian tent here, before anyone gets offended) really doesn't promote wearing the kilt outside of the games, since you're at the games -- now, directing folks to Xmarksthescot.com with a poster/sign, t-shirt, and a conversation certainly will. But remember, many of these folks may not want to wear a kilt all the time -- for many at the games, the kilt is primarily about heritage (and wearing them to Scottish events) so you may or may not have a receptive audience. Instead, I would emphasise, as Mark mentioned, the camraderie of Xmarks. "If you Build it, they will come".

Again, these are just my thoughts/observations and suggestions -- please do not take them as anymore than that.

Todd