[Ansteorra] tagging newcomers

[Danielle Jennings]

I am fond of the yellow with the green stripe and name idea. That way for
the very new many people can help you find some one from your home group at
a large event.

Example: My first event was Gothic War I had been to one demo and about
three fighter practices before it and had been told to ask for Wu or or
Chiang at troll. When I found troll I had a laps in memory and could not for
the life of me remember either of their names or the word Bonwicke. Luckily
Chiang found me.

Now for Bonwicke this is not a huge problem because if I had said Lubbock we
could have quickly determined what group I was with. But for people from the
DFW area or Huston where it comes down to zip codes and even that is no
guarantee it might take a while to actually figure out who they have been
meeting with.

Pippa of Bonwicke, (see I remember now)


On 19 February 2010 22:29, Fiona the Needleworker
<danab-steppes at tx.rr.com>wrote:

> It doesn't necessarily have to be the right shade of Ansteorra yellow. What
> if we just went with a 'light' yellow, almost a pale yellow
> cotton/muslin/linen fabric that we could buy cheap and make DOZENS of sashes
> from? Really only needs to be what, 3-5" across? Maybe the span of a
> smallish hand for a woman? You could always sew the bottoms of them when you
> sew the seams on the side and make them so people don't have to worry about
> finding a safety pin to put it on, and sewing a black diamond in the top by
> the shoulder is perfect. :) It would be neat to be able to keep track of the
> things that I'd been to with something like that. Nice keepsake for when
> you're no longer able to play too!
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