[Ansteorra] tagging newcomers (was: Newbie's perspective on NMS and other things)

[Fiona the Needleworker]

What if we created some sort of discrete favor of some sort, like a  
ribbon or something that would attach to the belt or dress or  
something, that we could keep a look out and know they were new. And  
we could/would/should let them know that it means that people will be  
watching out for them, making sure they're okay and taken care of.  
That if they need anything, they would be able to walk up to anyone  
without one to ask questions about something, and that they would be  
able to also see anyone else that was in the same boat as them and new  
to the SCA?

Sorry...long. I know.

Fiona

On Feb 19, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Coblaith Muimnech wrote:

> Donnchadh wrote:
>> One idea that was brought up was having a badge or sash that we  
>> could give to newcomers.  The idea being that others would then  
>> recognize that the person wearing it was a newcomer and we could  
>> offer whatever help and guidance was needed.  As a newcomer, what  
>> would your feelings on something like that be?
>
> At a recent event, a newcomer commented to me that when her sister  
> was hired as a freshly-minted nurse, she had to wear some sort of  
> identifying doohicky (I forget what it was, exactly) at work for the  
> first 6 months so everybody who saw her would at a glance understand  
> that she couldn't yet be relied on to know all the rules and  
> procedures, and that she felt like she needed something like that to  
> wear at S.C.A. events so people would understand things needed to be  
> explained to her in a way they wouldn't to someone who'd been around  
> for a while.
>
> Personally, I've always thought something like that was a good  
> idea.  The only coherent objection that I've ever heard is that it  
> might make newcomers feel marginalized or make the shy ones  
> uncomfortable, and that doesn't hold water if the only people using  
> them are the ones who want to.
>
>
> Coblaith Muimnech
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