Now Accepting Bids for 15th Anni in 2016!

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

I am so excited to announce we are now ready to accept bids for the 15th Anniversary Party of TarValon.Net in 2016! If you are tired of trekking across the continent when there’s a wonderful place for our event right in your own backyard, this post is for you.

This year we are trying a new process for taking bids. We’re asking that you pick a specific venue or site and do the initial research for it as part of your bid. We aren’t expecting you to finish all the planning, but we would like to see you lay out a plausible scenario for the event at your venue of choice.

Things to keep in mind:

• If your bid is selected, YOU will be an integral part of the planning. By making a bid, you are volunteering to be the Local Liaison.
  • The Local Liaison is essentially a staff position in the Department of Events and Conferences with a term of about 14 months.
  • You will be our eyes and ears on the spot. You will be expected to do a lot of the leg work to find accommodations, local activities, and transportation options.
• Anni is generally held in the spring (February - May) in a campground type location. The venue should have cabin-like living arrangements, kitchen space for meal preps (or on-site dining services), and space for events such as sword fighting or archery.
• Preferred site locations are moderately isolated. We tend to be fairly loud so being 10 feet from a cabin holding a girl scout meet wouldn't be the best location.
• Normal Anni attendance is 60-90 people.
• We aim for ticket prices somewhere around $150 - $180 and about 85% is allocated for food and lodgings.
• You can view all the bid questions here before actually filling out the form.
• If you have multiple venues in mind, go ahead and submit more than one bid!
• If you’re missing answers to a question that is required, make a note about why you don’t know instead. Perfection isn’t necessary!

Click Here For The Bid Form
Bids need to be submitted by March 8th 2015.​

If you have any questions or concerns about the bidding process in general, your bid in particular, or being a Local Liaison, feel free to email me directly at events@tarvalon.net or post below!

 

[Ariadne Davion]

Cruise Anni's!! You know you want to...

 

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

As soon as you find the cruise ship that lets us do sword fighting on deck.

Now if you're talking Fall Ball... Make me an offer. :waggle

 

[Megana Vallentin]

*plots vigorously*

This year we are trying a new process for taking bids. We’re asking that you pick a specific venue or site and do the initial research for it as part of your bid. We aren’t expecting you to finish all the planning, but we would like to see you lay out a plausible scenario for the event at your venue of choice.

I dislike this part. It means actually meeting with people and site visits and all sorts of other things that make me get more excited about this than I should...all for just a bid. :P

 

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

If your venue of choice has a well fleshed out website, you should be able to get an awful lot of the information we're asking for from there. I mentioned a bid doesn't have to be perfect, either. The answer to a question might be something like "I won't know unless my bid is chosen, but it might be like x, y, or z."

I'm also more than happy to chat with you (or anyone) via email to discuss your bid before or after it's submitted. If you're worried about a particular question or section, I might be able to shed some light on what information we're looking for. :brown

 

[Kitan Tataru]

So are we not doing a 5th/10th anni-style party for 15th anni?

 

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

The major difference at this stage is that 10th and 5th were in a hotel rather than cabins, but they still included our regular sword fighting, traditional toast, and other activities. If someone has a strong bid for a hotel Anni, I'd definitely consider it.


Come to think of it, that's true pretty much any year, but we do have to seriously weigh the expense and *ahem* potential noise complaints.

 

[Rhed al'Tere]

I would like to issue a challenge to all our NA members to make the choice for 15th Anni to be a very difficult one, full of hair rending and gnashing of teeth because we have so many good options to choose from.

 

[Eleyan Al'Landerin]

Bring it, kids.

I've got a heck of a proposal.

:mother

 

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

*bump* You have one week to present your awesomeness.

 

[Ivanor Winshaw]

Oh shit, procrastination!!!

 

[Niere al'Aman]

I would love to see another Anni in Charleston. **hinthint**

 

[Darian Coralis]

I would love to see another Anni in Charleston. **hinthint**

I like the way she thinks

 

[Kitan Tataru]

Write a bid

 

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

Write a bid

^ This

 

[Naomi al'Moranwin]

Zomg two more days! This is your penultimate warning!!!1


Unless I forget to warn you again on Sunday. Then this is retroactively your last warning.


:brown

 

[Megana Vallentin]

Wah. I got caught up trying to arrange a site visit, ran into a schedule conflicts on both sides, and now out of time and got none of the info I need, since I was planning to get all the details when we met up. :grumble Oh wellll maybe next year.

 

[Morrighan Daghdera]

Anni in Hawaii?!? Waaah!!!!

 

[Megana Vallentin]

I will make it happen someday. :waggle

 

[Kitan Tataru]

OMG GIVE MEGANA MORE TIME.