Faire Play held its annual shareholders meeting recently followed by its board of directors meeting. Things are going well.
Saturday I met with our new web developer, Skyward Thought. Our website is currently maintained and hosted by skilled amateurs. We are switching to skilled professionals.
Today, our project manager met with some general contractors to discuss improvements to the site. These will be announced as they get underway, but we expect some nice changes for 2008.
Tonight some of the officers of the company are meeting to discuss the develoopment of the site in more detail. A few of us (Mr. President and Mr. Project Manager) are most likely going to meet again Sunday as well.
It's still only January yet we are very busy.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year's Woodworking
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I've been working in my basement on building a new bar for the tavern at the site. My wife got me a router for my birthday in November and I've been putting it to work. The first picture is the frame of the bar, which will be L shaped. The 2x4s are, well, 2x4s. The panelling and trim boards and bartop are all red oak..jpg)
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This picture shows some of the trimwork and the bartop. There will be more trim around the bartop as well. More pictures will be posted as work progresses.
Monday, December 31, 2007
2007 In Review
Tomorrow begins 2008. This past year was fast and furious and so much happened. We formed Faire Play, Inc. in February 2007 with the goal of raising capital and beginning our quest for property on which to build a reenactment and LARP site. We expected to possibly find a place by the fall, but instead had the final papers signed and the deed in hand at the end of May.
We spent the next two months cleaning up the property and building. By August, we had a primitive site that we could rent. Cleaning out the barn alone took a good month. You wouldn't believe what comes out of an old barn that's been deserted for ten years...or maybe you would.
Regardless, in 2007 we rented our the site for four successful events. We put in showers and sinks and the bones of a kitchen and a large medieval fantasy tavern. We put in some paths in the woods and groomed the former pastures enough to park cars and have a large area for camping, battles and whatever else.
Plans are HUGE for 2008 as we continue to develop the site from an old barn, pasture and woods to a medieval village with a foreboding forest next door. We are getting there faster than we anticipated, though not as fast as we would like. We will continue to build a site where the modern world does not intrude (but where modern conveniences are available but hidden).
Stay tuned.
We spent the next two months cleaning up the property and building. By August, we had a primitive site that we could rent. Cleaning out the barn alone took a good month. You wouldn't believe what comes out of an old barn that's been deserted for ten years...or maybe you would.
Regardless, in 2007 we rented our the site for four successful events. We put in showers and sinks and the bones of a kitchen and a large medieval fantasy tavern. We put in some paths in the woods and groomed the former pastures enough to park cars and have a large area for camping, battles and whatever else.
Plans are HUGE for 2008 as we continue to develop the site from an old barn, pasture and woods to a medieval village with a foreboding forest next door. We are getting there faster than we anticipated, though not as fast as we would like. We will continue to build a site where the modern world does not intrude (but where modern conveniences are available but hidden).
Stay tuned.
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