06-23-2008, 11:22 AM
Hey guys,
we had our meeting last weekend and discussed the various points that were mentioned earlier before this thread turned towards the equipment questions. Maybe we should divide it so we don't mix up questions regarding the organisation of the event and the equipment all the time. That would make it a lot easier to follow.
So here are our results:
At the moment seven of us are interested in taking part. We think our two Peltasts who missed the camp would also join us, but make it seven for the moment until I have spoken to them. That's of course only under certain circumstances. For many of us it depends heavily on the date. We would favor August. In September at least half of us wouldn't have the opportunity to come because school's starting again or work getting in the way. Also we would need a way to get our gear down there, because we certainly cannot take everything with us on a plane. So that would have to be taken care of. Also of course we would need transportation from the airport to the site and vice-versa. Those are the two points we would greatly appreciate to get help from a sponsor (or any other cheap and safe way). Two of us would be willing to make a Persian impression for the battle display. After all, a Phalanx looks more impressive at the front than from within.
We all would prefer a real camp over only a parade. We think it would be best to make the event on two weekends. The first one something like a "closed training" for us to coordinate and practice and the next weekend would be the public event. We would like to spend the time in between going sightseeing in Greece, but that would mean we need a safe location to store our equipment during the week were not there. We would also prefer a near site that looks authentic over the real battlefield for the battle display.
Neither of us would have problems with a film crew running around.
We would limit the attendance to impressions from 500-400 BC, but including Psiloi and other lightly armed soldiers next to the Hoplites. But besides that there won't be any more help from us regarding an equipment-standard. We think it's really difficult to formulate such a guide, because there are groups who rather have a good-looking piece of equipment, even if it's from wrong materials and there are groups who use only authentic materials, even if it means to do without a certain item. These different views make it really hard to formulate a standard that everyone is satisfied with.
And finally as part of the plan with the national contingents, the Hetairoi want to offer to take on the organisation of the people from Germany and the neighbouring countries. For the moment I will lead the charge for our group here, so if anyone from Germany or near it is also thinking about taking part, please contact me here on RAT or on our group message board.
That's all for the moment.
we had our meeting last weekend and discussed the various points that were mentioned earlier before this thread turned towards the equipment questions. Maybe we should divide it so we don't mix up questions regarding the organisation of the event and the equipment all the time. That would make it a lot easier to follow.
So here are our results:
At the moment seven of us are interested in taking part. We think our two Peltasts who missed the camp would also join us, but make it seven for the moment until I have spoken to them. That's of course only under certain circumstances. For many of us it depends heavily on the date. We would favor August. In September at least half of us wouldn't have the opportunity to come because school's starting again or work getting in the way. Also we would need a way to get our gear down there, because we certainly cannot take everything with us on a plane. So that would have to be taken care of. Also of course we would need transportation from the airport to the site and vice-versa. Those are the two points we would greatly appreciate to get help from a sponsor (or any other cheap and safe way). Two of us would be willing to make a Persian impression for the battle display. After all, a Phalanx looks more impressive at the front than from within.
We all would prefer a real camp over only a parade. We think it would be best to make the event on two weekends. The first one something like a "closed training" for us to coordinate and practice and the next weekend would be the public event. We would like to spend the time in between going sightseeing in Greece, but that would mean we need a safe location to store our equipment during the week were not there. We would also prefer a near site that looks authentic over the real battlefield for the battle display.
Neither of us would have problems with a film crew running around.
We would limit the attendance to impressions from 500-400 BC, but including Psiloi and other lightly armed soldiers next to the Hoplites. But besides that there won't be any more help from us regarding an equipment-standard. We think it's really difficult to formulate such a guide, because there are groups who rather have a good-looking piece of equipment, even if it's from wrong materials and there are groups who use only authentic materials, even if it means to do without a certain item. These different views make it really hard to formulate a standard that everyone is satisfied with.
And finally as part of the plan with the national contingents, the Hetairoi want to offer to take on the organisation of the people from Germany and the neighbouring countries. For the moment I will lead the charge for our group here, so if anyone from Germany or near it is also thinking about taking part, please contact me here on RAT or on our group message board.
That's all for the moment.
