Usually a bit of both. Internally we have a few committee members who've been in the community for a while; I've been doing diabolo for three years, for example. This year we're re-focusing to with performance goals in mind and as a result I'm favouring full time professionals over hobbyists; one of our facilitators will be running four sessions of progressive walkabout character creation and preparation workshops.
by ditcircusandjuggling, in response to this post 2016-02-01 13:46:02