Suggestions for Terre: Ideas and Suggestions for Future TRF Development

[Fenster]

I would second the idea of either designated smoking areas or to designate areas as smoke free.  Shows (outside of pubs & taverns) and eating areas should definitely be smoke free.  There is nothing worse than to be sitting and enjoying a show when someone lights up in the middle of the seating.

[KiltedPrivateer]

Though I enjoy walking faire with a cigar, I can third this as I do not like smoke blowing around me while I eat.  I concur, no smoke in shows and eateries.

[Queen Bonnie]

 Thank you for your support!!! TRF is getting to be a very smokey faire. There are no non smoking venues. With so many in attendance-perhaps it might be a good idea! Please consider it Terre.

[nolekhan]

More support for controlling second-hand smoke here. It was a better experience during the drought because of smoking restrictions.

[Queen Bonnie]

 I agree- and thank you Nolekhan!!!

[Merlin the Elder]

I'm very surprised that smoking is allowed at the performances. I've not seen that at any other faire I've attended. It's been some years since I last attended TRF, but this being the case, I would not want to. I'm glad I found this out before making the long trip.

[Love Good Wood]

im a smoker but would never even consider smoking at a performance or around food booths or tables... in fact i like to make sure there is no others around when i smoke (filtered ciggarettes arent very period any way... i tried a pipe, but im not very good at keeping it lit... LOL) :-P

[Merlin the Elder]

I'm an ex-smoker, but back in the day, I'd be quite conscious of those around me when I smoked. I'm not a fanatic ex-smoker like some I've known, it's just that smoke now causes me severe headaches sometimes, but a couple of days worth of hacking more commonly.

Where people are concentrated, as in the seating for shows, it's really a no-brainer. A LOT of the entertainers rely on their voices to entertain. Lots of smoke will affect their ability to speak or sing.

Although you have a right to smoke, the people around you have a right to fresh air. That trumps smoking.

[Breandan]

Yesterday, we were in the car and pulled out to leave Row 22 at 1732. By 2037, we had made it the 340' to the end of the row. Three hours to go three hundred feet is in-freakin'-sane. What stunned me was how little traffic direction there was going on within the parking lot, so I hit on an idea-

As it stands, everyone more or less spills out onto the road out, with the rows closest to the exits clearing first. I saw one guy uselessly waving people on in the middle of the road (they had nowhere else to go by down rows already filled with cars waiting to get out), and another guy running around in a golf cart. Why not task those two with clearing the rows in a MUCH more orderly fashion? I've done enough traffic direction at events and emergencies (cadets get the crap jobs in the police academy) to know that guided traffic flow is MUCH smoother and faster than leaving the patrons to figure it out for themselves. Best technique I could think of was- starting at the rows closest to the exits- have the guy on the golf cart stop traffic on the main road, the other guy to clear first one row, and then the opposite one, then clear the cars between the rows, and repeat. Thoughts?

[paul42]

If I show up at 8 in the morning and pay my $10 for a preferred parking spot, then I think I should get a "preferred" parking spot instead of being directed to park in a area that is further away from the front gate than I could get with the free parking. 
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The people directing traffic for the preferred parking should fill up rows 3 through 7 or whatever the current limit is, before directing the latest newcomers to the preferred parking area near the exit gate.
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[Queen Bonnie]

I'm an ex-smoker, but back in the day, I'd be quite conscious of those around me when I smoked. I'm not a fanatic ex-smoker like some I've known, it's just that smoke now causes me severe headaches sometimes, but a couple of days worth of hacking more commonly.

Where people are concentrated, as in the seating for shows, it's really a no-brainer. A LOT of the entertainers rely on their voices to entertain. Lots of smoke will affect their ability to speak or sing.

Although you have a right to smoke, the people around you have a right to fresh air. That trumps smoking.

I do feel especially sorry for the performers at TRF.
We need designated breathing areas! Many faires do not allow smoking except in a few  designated areas! I would love to see TRF be a more health conscious faire!

[Valeria Skyye]

Speaking as a smoker, I would love to see several designated smoking areas around faire. Maybe with some seating there as well. I understand that there are people who have problems with smoke and they have the right not to have to breathe it. Even I get irritated at some of the more rude smokers who throw their cigarette butts on the ground and sit in shows and puff away. I want to see the show and not through a cloud of smoke.

[Merlin the Elder]

I am glad to note that there is not an outcry of foul from the smokers. I hope that non-smokers also can respect the need for areas where smoking is permitted. A smoking pub might even be a favourable compromise. Handled properly, it can be a win-win, to use a tired cliche.

[nolekhan]

I understand that people want to smoke and I know that when going by the Sea Devil (for example), it going to be there. Or since balconies and patios are going up, bring the smokers closer to heaven?

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Suggestion...  Wait till the middle of the off season to make major changes...( read..piss off your long time patrons).

You may also want to wait on growing TRF until the infrastructure is in place... having to drive an hour out of the way to avoid three hours sitting in traffic is crap. 



*Willing to bet Sherwood has record numbers this year.*