[Ansteorra] A few quick obvious points

[ld.blackmoon]

greetings

you mean we cant click our heals , throw up our hands and shout " big smile 
"  ??

( hiding behind large solid objects till barage is over ; )
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Svan Coldbrowskaldsson" <ldsvan at gmail.com>
To: "Jay Rudin" <rudin at ev1.net>; "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." 
<ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] A few quick obvious points


> Well then i guess we wont need those brown shirts and armbands after
> all.lol       svan
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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