Hey folks! It's that time of year again. With only 16 days left before the 2008 MDRF season starts, we wanted to post some information for new folks and reminders for the veterans.
-MDRF FoF is the largest online community for a single Ren Faire! This wouldn't be possible without all the contributions from you, the members. These boards are home to cast members, employees, vendors, and patrons. Thank you all.
-This time of year is always so busy on the boards. You will notice the traffic pick up as we get closer to opening day and then the onslaught of posts throughout the season. You can visit the boards at mdfof.proboards55.com
-The MDRF FoF 3rd annual photo contest begins on opening weekend. This photo contest, sponsored by Renaissance magazine, is open to anyone and everyone. Please visit the Photo Contest page on our main site to read the rules mdrffof.org/photo.html
-If you want to meet some of your fellow MDRF FoF members, head on over to the Dragon Inn where we have daily meet-n-greets from 11am-12pm. This isn't any kind of official meet-up but we all tend to gather here during these hours to get our day started. You may meet one or two people, or twenty!
-Don't forget that the Friends of Faire is more than just these message boards. We also have a main site where you can get information about the group, about the faire, and local information like our Annapolis restaurants list. It's chock full of stuff to read at MDRFFoF.org .

We are all looking forward to another great season this year. Thanks everyone.

Huzzah!

Due to the problems with the website being in limbo for at least a bit longer we have changed the rules to the contest a bit.

• We are allowing photo submissions for weeks 4 to 9 until Fiday, October 26th.
  
• Weekly voting will be done over the weekend.
  
• Grand Prize winner will be voted on during the next week.
  

You can see the entries and read the full rules at http://mdrffof.icepackgames.com/photo.html
Submissions can be made to html_removedhtml_removedmdrffriendsoffaire@gmail.com

Second Annual MDRF FoF / Drunks of the Round Table Pub Crawl
Sept. 15th, 2007.

As always all are welcome to join in.

• 11:00 - 11:30 Dragon Inn
• 11:30 - 12:00 Royal Oak Pub
• 12:00 - 12:30 Boars Head
• 12:30 - 1:00 Red Lion Pub
• 1:00 - 2:00 O'Shucks (shooters)
• 2:00 - 4:00 Dragon's Lair (Free Beer O'Clock)
• 4:00 - 4:30 Sly Fox Pub
• 4:30 - 5:00 Wine Garden
• 5:00 - 5:30 White Hart

mdrffof.com/beer/

The Maryland Renaissance Festival Friends of Faire are hosting our Second Annual MDRF Photo Contest, sponsored by Renaissance Magazine.

Anyone can submit two of their own photos for each weekend of faire. There will be one winner per week and they will receive an 8X10 print of their picture. At the end of the season the eight weekly winners will be judged by the group.

The winner of the final judging will get bragging rights, as well as any prizes donated by the sponsors of the contest (which includes a 1 year subscription to Renaissance Magazine). So you know the basics now for the rules.

*All photos must be the property of the person submitting them.
*All submissions must be of the MDRF 2007 season from the appropriate judging week.
*All submissions must be untouched or edited except for cropping and conversion from one media to another.
*All submissions must be sent electronically via email to mdrffriendsoffaire@gmail.com with the subject "Photo Contest - Week #".
*All submissions must be received by the Wednesday, at midnight, of the following week.
*All submissions must include Photographer's Name, Photographer's e-mail, Date Taken, A Caption if desired.
*Weekly submissions will be judged by the moderators of the MDRF FoF, final judging will be done by a poll of the registered members of the MDRF FoF.
*All submissions will be posted to the MDRF FoF website and by submitting any photos the Photographer grants the MDRF FoF permission to use them. Photos remain the sole property of the Photographer and may not be copied or reproduced anywhere else without permission from the Photographer.

So get those cameras out and let everyone else see the Maryland Renaissance Festival through your eyes. To see the contest entries or learn more just visit MDRFFoF.com/photo.html

Lumpy

Here we are only a little more then three weeks away from the start of the Maryland Renaissance Festival and we at the MDRF Friends of Faire are ready.

*  We are hosting our Second Annual MDRF Photo Contest sponsored by Renaissance Magazine. You can find out all you need to know at www.MDRFFoF.com/photo.html

*  Our Pre-Faire Party is being hosted in Northern Virginia by Mum and Da, if you are attending we need you to RSVP on the Message Boards.

*  Speaking of the Message Boards we have a ton of Sneak Peeks about the 2007 season posted for all to view and a few extra tid bits still in the Charter Mebers Area. We have hit several milestones on the Boards; 375,000 hits, 7000 posts, 1000 topics and 260 members. Don't let these numbers scare you though, we are a friendly place to find out about faire and make new friends. You can find our Message Boards at mdfof.proboards55.com

*  Our Membership Drive for both the Message Boards and our group on RenSpace, which was featured last month, is going on now. Our goals are very reasonable; we want 300 members on the Boards and 100 members on RenSpace. You can find us on RenSpace at mdrffof.renspace.com

*  I am placing the order for pins that will be at MDRF on opening day now. If you want a pin you must get your order in this week to get yours opening weekend. Demand will determine when the next set of pins gets ordered but there are already over 300 of the MDRF FoF pins in circulation now. Pins can be ordered at www.MDRFFoF.com/goods.html#pins

*  Faire Window Clings have been a huge success and we are still trying to get it worked out that they are available at one of the vendors at faire. We have already sold over 500 MDRF clings and I for one can't wait to see them in the parking lot. We have plenty of different faire clings available at www.MDRFFoF.com/fwc.html

*  We are holding our weekly online chats this season just as in the past. On Wednesdays at 7PM join us in IRC or throught the website at www.MDRFFoF.com/chat.html and see what's going on. It is important to note that the chat room is always open and if nothing else the MDRFbot is there to answer your questions.

I think that is about it for this update from the MDRF Friends of Faire and we can't wait to see everyone at faire and until then visit us at mdfof.proboards55.com