[Ansteorra] A few quick obvious points

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Rudin" <rudin at peoplepc.com>
To: "Ansteorra" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: [Ansteorra] A few quick obvious points


> 1. DO NOT give a newbie any badge, belt, or other symbol and tell them 
> that it's a newbie badge and will tell people to treat them like they're 
> new unless *EVERY* *SINGLE* *PERSON* at the event they are going to will 
> recognize it as such -- including visitors from out of kingdom and people 
> coming back after a ten year break.  Otherwise, you're only setting up yet 
> another awkward situation for them.  Oh, joy.  Since we don't all know 
> about your new symbol, it cannot work.
>
> 2. If there are in fact people who are too pushy or scary or rude to 
> newbies by inclination or policy, you are providing them signposts to do 
> so.  They will spend more time looking for the badge than the helpful 
> people will, since the helpful people are busy at the event helping.
>
> 2. Our symbols have value, but the value isn't to tell us which people to 
> be nice to.  People in the SCA already have a tendency to sniff each 
> other's symbols like dogs do, to determine how to treat each other.  This 
> is the problem newbies suffer from; it isn't the solution.
>
> 3. The only solution -- the ***ONLY*** solution -- is for us to treat 
> everyone we meet with courtesy and openness.  Newbies don't need a badge 
> or belt.  They need a smile and polite conversation.
>
> And so does everyone else.
>
> Robvin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
>
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