Planning Volunteers for '09 needed

[LadyJessica]

Ok...let's try this again.  I'm looking for people that are willing to volunteer to plan/host next year's RenDezvous.  If you are interested please met me know by the end of the month.  Remember that the dates shown are 2008 but this is for the 2009 gathering.

Also, please see the following guidelines:

Planning Committee

1.On May 1st, LadyJessica will post what faires are open for volunteers to come forward to say that they would like to plan a RenDezvous.

2.Everyone will have one month in which to announce that they'd like to plan a RenDezvous.

3.In order to be in the running for the RenDezvous the faire must have at least two people to plan the gathering.

NORTHEAST
MAINE
DOWN EAST PIRATE DAYS in Rockland near Thomaston from 8/23/2008 to 8/24/2008

VERMONT               
GREEN MOUNTAIN RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Essex Junction near Burlington from 7/19/2008 to 7/27/2008

MASSACHUSETTS
THE SILVER KINGDOM'S RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Charlton near Worcester from 6/7/2008 to 6/15/2008
FESTIVAL OF THE LION in Grafton near Boston from 8/23/2008 to 8/24/2008
KING RICHARDS FAIRE in Carver near Boston from 8/30/2008 to 10/19/2008
THE SALEM PIRATE FAIRE in Salem near Boston from 9/20/2008 to 9/21/2008

CONNECTICUT
ISD RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Greenwich near Stamford from 6/14/2008 to 6/14/2008
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Ansonia near New Haven from 7/11/2008 to 7/27/2008
CONNECTICUT RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Hebron near Hartford from 9/27/2008 to 10/19/2008

NEW YORK
HUDSON VALLEY MAYFAIRE in New Paltz near Poughkeepsie from 5/3/2008 to 5/4/2008
STERLING RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Sterling near Syracuse from 7/12/2008 to 8/17/2008
NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Tuxedo near New York from 8/2/2008 to 9/21/2008
SANDS POINT MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL in Port Washington near New York City from 9/6/2008 to 9/14/2008
MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL AT FORT TRYON PARK in   New York near New York from 9/28/2008 to 9/28/2008

EAST
PENNSYLVANIA
FAIRIE FESTIVAL AT SPOUTWOOD FARM in Glen Rock near York from 5/2/2008 to 5/4/2008
KUMRC ANNUAL RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Kutztown near   Reading   from 5/3/2008 to 5/4/2008
MIDSUMMER RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Lehighton from 6/7/2008 to 6/8/2008
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FAIRIE FESTIVAL in Slippery Rock near Pittsburgh from 6/28/2008 to 6/29/2008
PENNSYLVANIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Manheim near Hershey from 8/9/2008 to 10/26/2008
PITTSBURGH RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in New Stanton near Pittsburgh from 8/23/2008 to 9/28/2008
THE VILLAGE RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Wrightstown near Doylestown from 9/20/2008 to 9/21/2008
WILD ROSE RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Columbus near Corry from   10/4/2008 to 10/26/2008

MARYLAND
FELLS POINT PRIVATEER DAY and PYRATE INVASION in Fells Point near Baltimore from 4/19/2008 to 4/19/2008
MARYLAND FAERIE FESTIVAL in Upper Marlboro from 6/7/2008 to 6/8/2008
MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Crownsville near Annapolis from 8/23/2008 to 10/19/2008

NEW JERSEY
WICKED WINTER RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Edison near New Brunswick from 2/8/2008 to 2/9/2008
WEST WINDSOR LIONS RENAISSANCE FAIRE in   West Windsor near Trenton from 5/17/2008 to 5/18/2008
NEW JERSEY RENAISSANCE KINGDOM in South Orange near Springfield from 6/1/2008 to 6/21/2008
MYSTIC REALMS FANTASY FAIRE in Millville near from 6/6/2008 to 6/8/2008
NJ FAMILY MEDIEVAL & FANTASY FESTIVAL in Long Valley near Hackettstown from 6/7/2008 to 6/8/2008

VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Lake Anna near Fredericksburg from 5/17/2008 to 6/15/2008
                  
WEST
CALIFORNIA
SONORA CELTIC FAIRE in Sonora near Sacramento from 3/8/2008 to 3/9/2008
CROSSROADS PALM SPRINGS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in   Palm Springs from 3/28/2008 to 3/30/2008
ESCONDIDO RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Escondido from 4/5/2008 to 4/13/2008
RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA in Irwindale near Pasadena from 4/5/2008 to 5/18/2008
TULARE COUNTY RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Tulare near Fresno from 4/26/2008   to 4/27/2008
KORONEBURG EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Corona near   Riverside from 5/10/2008 to 6/15/2008
OJAI RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Ojai near Ventura from 5/10/2008 to 5/11/2008
QUEEN BESS & THE PIRATES in Fresno from 5/10/2008 to 5/11/2008
VALHALLA RENAISSANCE FAIRE in South Lake Tahoe from 5/31/2008 to 6/8/2008
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PIRATE FESTIVAL in Vallejo near Vacaville from 6/14/2008 to   6/15/2008
SCOTTISH RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Santa Cruz near Aptos-Santa Cruz from 6/14/2008 to 6/14/2008
CENTRAL COAST RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in San Luis near Obispo Morro Bay from 7/19/2008 to 7/20/2008
SAN DIEGO RENAISSANCE FAIRE in San Diego from 8/2/2008 to 8/3/2008
BIG BEAR CITY RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Big Bear Lake near Los Angeles from 8/9/2008 to 8/17/2008
GOLDEN GATE RENAISSANCE FAIRE in San Francisco from 8/16/2008 to 8/17/2008
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Hollister near   San Jose from 9/6/2008 to 10/12/2008
GOLD COAST PIRATE FAIRE   in Lake Casitas near Ventura from 9/20/2008 to 9/28/2008
SHASTA DRAGONWOOD CELTIC RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Anderson near Redding from 10/4/2008 to 10/5/2008
CALIFORNIA CITY RENASSAINCE FESTIVAL in   California City   near Bakersfield from 10/18/2008 to 10/19/2008
FOLSOM RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Folsom near   Sacramento from 10/18/2008 to 10/19/2008
KEARNEY PARK RENAISSANCE FAIR in Fresno from 11/8/2008 to 11/9/2008
DICKENS CHRISTMAS FAIR IN SAN FRANCISCO   in San Francisco from 11/28/2008 to 12/21/2008

ARIZONA
ARIZONA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in   Apache Junction   near Mesa from 2/9/2008   to 3/30/2008
RENAISSANCE IN THE PINES in Flagstaff near Phoenix from   6/21/2008 to 6/22/2008
TRI-STATE RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Bullhead City from 11/20/2008 to 11/22/2008
TWO RIVERS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Yuma from 2/1/2008 to 2/3/2008

NEVADA
AGE OF CHIVALRY RENAISSANCE AND CELTIC FESTIVAL in Las Vegas from 10/10/2008 to   10/12/2008

UTAH
UTAH RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL AND FANTASY FAIRE in Layton near Salt Lake City from 5/9/2008   to 5/18/2008
UTAH MIDSUMMER RENAISSANCE FAIRE in Cedar City from 7/9/2008 to   7/12/2008

COLORADO
COLORADO MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL in Greeley near Fort Collins from 6/6/2008 to 6/8/2008
COLORADO RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Larkspur near Denver from 6/14/2008 to   8/3/2008
ELIZABETH CELTIC FESTIVAL in Elizabeth near Castle Rock from 7/19/2008 to 7/20/2008
RAVENSHIRE RENAISSANCE AND PIRATE FAIRE in Palisade near Fruita from 8/22/2008 to 8/24/2008

NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON
A FESTIVAL FOR MAY in Carnation from 5/3/2008 to 5/4/2008
NORTHWEST RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Nine Mile Falls near Spokane from 6/21/2008 to 7/20/2008
YE MERRIE GREENWOOD FAIRE in Richland from 6/28/2008 to   6/29/2008
CAMLANN MEDIEVAL FAIRE in Carnation from 7/19/2008 to 8/24/2008
WASHINGTON RENAISSANCE FANTASY FAIRE in   Belfair from 8/2/2008 to 8/17/2008

OREGON
SHREWSBURY RENAISSANCE FAIRE in   Kings Valley near Eugene from 9/13/2008   to 9/14/2008

IDAHO
MOSCOW RENAISSANCE FAIR in Moscow from 5/3/2008   to 5/4/2008

SOUTH DAKOTA
SIOUXLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL in Sioux Falls from 6/7/2008 to 6/8/2008

[LadyJessica]

MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL - Scotsman, Lady_Glorianna, Lady Guinness, Lupa

RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Luciana, Lavender, Blushing

KING RICHARDS FAIRE (Mass.) - Lucy, Wench Mum

[Scotsman]

Put Scotsman down for MDRF ... Lady Guinness and Lady Gloriana will also be MDRF planners.
Anyone else from MDRF wanna help? Just shoot me an email and we will get a committee formed.

[Lady_Glorianna]

Confirming that I shall help Scotsman with this endeavor

[Luciana]

Put down Luciana for Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Cali. Maybe I can find somebody else to join me ...

[LadyJessica]

Seeing as we had to repost this I will allow volunteers to come forward until the 10th of June.  This will push back the voting until the 11th of June and voting will end on the 11th of July.

[Lavender]

Put down Luciana for Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Cali. Maybe I can find somebody else to join me ...

I'll help you plan it Luci.

[LadyJessica]

Anyone else want to host a RenDevous

[FaireMare]

I can not step up to the plate myself, but there are pleanty here who could and I would gladly assist.

Arizona.... of course!

Advantages:   

• Warm - while most of you are cold.
• SHow has a 3 day weekend! King's Birthday Weekend. (president's day)
• First Big Show of Season
• Perfect Holiday gift from loved ones... tickets.
• 2 Big Hub Airports and several smaller ones to fly into
• Lots of hotels
• Great Views
• New and exciting changes are set for 2009 -!

[Sir LJ]

Seeing as we had to repost this I will allow volunteers to come forward until the 10th of June.  This will push back the voting until the 11th of June and voting will end on the 11th of July.

Jess,

Just a thought. Might wanna HIGHLITE the dates more stand-out-ish. So there are no accidental mix ups.

[Blushing]

RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Luciana, Lavender

I'm also willing to help with the Southern California faire!

[LadyJessica]

NEW DATES

Volunteers to come forward until the 10th of June.

Voting starts - 11th of June

Voting ends - 11th of July

Just a reminder and because LordJarhead made a good suggestion. 

[LadyJessica]

Ok so far I have Maryland and Pleasure Faire (CA) in the running.  Anyone else want to raise their hand to volunteer?


And FaireMare I will put AZ up there if you can find two vic....I mean volunteers to plan it.

[Capt Lucy]

I would easily help plan a King richards faire labor day weekend, bbut I need a buddy (which i just might already have...to help )

Nevermind...wenchmum has volunteered

[Lupa]

Add Lupa to assist with MDRF in 09

[Lady Nicolette]

Please anyone take note that this will be the fourth one...You'll have lots of help from those of us who did the first three for bouncing ideas off of and just general support!  It's a lot of work, but it's worth it!

[LadyJessica]

Updated to here...

[Scotsman]

Add Lupa to assist with MDRF in 09

Hootie Hoooo!

Thank you lass!

[Count Adolfo]

Put Scotsman down for MDRF ... Lady Guinness and Lady Gloriana will also be MDRF planners.
Anyone else from MDRF wanna help? Just shoot me an email and we will get a committee formed.

Hell, I'm not from MD and I'd still help!!

[Lupa]

Hootie Hoooo!

Thank you lass!

No thanks necessary... it will be fun!

[Lairde Guardn]

I can help some with the MD.........keeping the forum lists and such....

[Scotsman]

I can help some with the MD.........keeping the forum lists and such....

... and the planners come out of the woodwork ... I knew I could count on my friends!

[Peddlin]

Me, too. I would help with MDRF any way I can. 

[analise]

Scotsman, I'm more than willing to help too even if than ends up I only need to bake cookies and take pictures of people. Or offer up floorspace for people to crash (party-space? I've got that huge deck...) in my new place.

Or other various and sundry planning things.

[Scotsman]

Scotsman, I'm more than willing to help too even if than ends up I only need to bake cookies and take pictures of people. Or offer up floorspace for people to crash (party-space? I've got that huge deck...) in my new place.

Or other various and sundry planning things.

Thank you lass ... there was never a doubt that we could count on you. *Scottish man hugs*

[Sir Dragon]

I know my  Lady Glorianna has already commited herself to this but you know I will help as much as I can too

[Scotsman]

I know my  Lady Glorianna has already commited herself to this but you know I will help as much as I can too

Glad to see you onboard here ... hope you are well. Glad to have your help friend!

[Sir Dragon]

finally managed to get logged in. Don't know if my vote will count but if we get to host, as my health allows I will help

[sir oswyn dagworth]

If my assistance is needed count me in. (mdrf)