The view from outside.

[Tom Burlap]

Hello Friends,

I know many of you posting here, and just wanted you to hear my first thoughts posted about faire in over 3 monthes.

I think it is obvious that there are some rumers going about and some are true and some are not. I have held my tongue on all issues up to this point, even though I know much.

I feel that no matter how bad things look, from inside this house or from out, The Faire is ment to be a magical place where we can go and escape from the crap of real life. I feel that acting like a professional and trying to deal with our problems quietly behind closed doors is not only the best choice but the only fair one to you our loyal friends. So I will remain quiet until I feel that I can do no more to help the situation.

For those who have commented and spoken out, I can only say that the abundant level of personal and professional insults has driven many of the less patient to speak their mind. I do not blame anyone or call foul or fair. Emotions have been hurt, and little reguard for past friendships has been taken into account. For now this must bide the time and see what the result is.

I must comment on a few things, and I hope to sound only faire and impartial.

1) I have known Larry for over 11 years, and I have never met a person harder working and more willing to sacrifice to make other people happy in my life. This Faire is not only Larry's job, it is his dream. He works very hard and has for many years to make it the best place possible. Please do not let one person or one situation spoil the whole Faire. There are many people including myself who love this so much. The only way one person can ruin this faire is if YOU let them. The faire is a culmination of many people and many things. Something so massive and dynamic cannot fail unless everyone jumps on the bandwagon and feeds the curruption. Voice your opinions and speak your mind freely, but please always hope for the best.

2) I promise to always make choices and work toward making the Faire a better, more wonderful place. I cannot always promise to be in a position to effect change and fufill that promise, but I will always try. I have been with the faire for 11 years, and I have entertained our patrons as best I could. No matter what, I will try to continue with that which I love to do.

3) Remember if it's not fun you are doing it wrong.

Thanks for your time.

Sean Seaber

[Sir Trevor]

Hear Hear!


Very wise.
Very eloquent
and
Very professional.

Exactly what I would expect from you.

The only thing I would add is how I try to live my life.
Prepare for the worst, but always hope for the best

[DunedainRanger]

It seems this whole thing was started because somewhere along the line someone took what was happening too personally.
I just hope that for the sake of the Faire that person can be grown up enough to admit their faults and move on.
I am a somewhat religious person, and I have always taken one part of scripture to heart:

"God grant me the courage to change the things I can,
the serenity to accept the things I cannot, and the wisdom to know the difference."

I know not all of us follow the same creed or faith, but these words are good ones for any faith. And I hope you all listen to them. Sean has spoken volumes, and I think he has been the first to say anything rational.
So, for the moment, he's the only one I will listen to.
Sorry Richard, sorry Brook, sorry everyone else - whatever points you have to make have been wasted in hasty response and conclusion, and I feel as if I cannot trust either one of you.
Lead on Sean, you have my faith.

- The Ranger

[Kit Hawke aka Alexander]

Well said Sean,

I have worked a lot of shows and I have never seen anybody work harder than Larry on a show. He was back dragging and working on the site until the wee hours of the morning and keeping going long after everyone else had kleft or gone to bed.

He is by far the most careing and dedicated owner I have encountered. The only Faire that was close was Fremont and it unfortunatly folded. It was also in direct competion with GLMF.

I really enjoyed my year at GLMF and if it wern't for my new engagement in the army I would be looking forward to my return.

Keith
aka Alexander

[Capt. Morgan]

As has been said by many others and I have no reason to doubt it, I understand Larry is a hard worker and I'm sure he cares a great deal about the Faire and the grounds but there comes a time to find someone else to work the backhoe and to take the time to walk through your own Faire, pause and talk with the patrons, or quietly observe movement, traffic pattern, and show flow. Maybe even have a few folks walk around taking surveys to get some immediate feedback. I was impressed with the folks up in Tuxedo who took the time to listen.

Sometimes counting cups just doesn't give you an accurate take on the situation...

Just a suggestion...

[Panda]

GLMF has a staff, that in conjunction with the rest of our duties, walk around and observe everything there is from entertainment, grounds,, crafters, patrons, food lines even privy lines. It's part of our job but it's not humanly possible to see everything that goes on everywhere at every moment. And Larry does walk around and talk to people and observe his faire every chance he gets.

[Sir Trevor]

Guest-Panda said:

but it's not humanly possible to see everything that goes on everywhere at every moment.

You sure come close to doing it though.
I swear, everywhere I looked last year, there you were.
I even thought of trying to take pictures of all the differnt things you did at faire, but you moved too fast for me to even get a chance at a shot.

[Panda]

Will the coffee guy and Danni the washing well wench lent me there GPS tracker and i tried to track my path but being on my belt i kept running so fast that it would bump my radio and turn off. But in the first 10 minutes i had it i walked just over 7 miles!!! Maybe i should start a shadow program that for one day someone gets to follow me around and document what it is that i do all day. Could be quite interesting!!

[Capt. Morgan]

Guest-Panda said:

Will the coffee guy and Danni the washing well wench lent me there GPS tracker and i tried to track my path but being on my belt i kept running so fast that it would bump my radio and turn off. But in the first 10 minutes i had it i walked just over 7 miles!!! Maybe i should start a shadow program that for one day someone gets to follow me around and document what it is that i do all day. Could be quite interesting!!

Walked 7 miles in 10 minutes...wow...you should join the Olympics since the record for running a mile is held by Hichan El Guerrouj of Morocco and it took him 3 min. 43:13 seconds...

Don't get me wrong, I don't discount what the Staff does...belive me, I have put many a lap on the GLMF Site but thank heavens it's not as extensive as Sterling, MIRF, ORF or Tuexdo...this place is at least level!!

[Panda]

I was on staff at MRF for 6 years and this site is actually a little harder due to all the trees. We are only 2 acres less than MRF as far as actual land mass goes.

Part of my "running" distance was golf cart induced. I would join the olympics if i could run that fast. I was just trying to get the point across of how much ground i cover. Sorry for the confusion!!