[Ansteorra] A few quick obvious interests (was points)

[Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovvek]

Thank you Robyn,

New people (whom we should name) "Our Hope" instead of newbies, are my
second favorite type of people in the SCA. (nope kids are third and
Ladies are forth, guess again)

My emphasis and interest in the SCA Lo the last couple decades has
been to create a Realm in which new people could feel as though the
SCA  would be a place, thing, and time in which they would like to
participate. If you think of me at any given moment in the last awful
long while, you might be able to see how what I was doing could
further the goal of ***Inclusion****.

It is pure serendipity that I find this thread of conversation. The 77
per digest (and only 54 of those showing in my digest)| makes this
form of communication a bit prohibitive for me. BUT I am soOo totally
happy that the Kingdom is active and communicating more freely and
readily then I can remember ever occurring!

New People,
What I have figured out they need is more information, and courtesy
and openness. We need them attrition and disgruntledness could be our
demise as a society so that's why I vote to rename newbies, Our Hope.
Hope-ies? I'll work on it.

New People,
need information and that information is what is available to interest
them. So I propose a list of activities or volunteer activities to
interest those people who are inclined towards the aspects of service.
That would be something to provide at the gate, to everyone.

Service isn't for everyone, some folks glom on to artistry, so the
list of classes and a list of people willing to explain their
replication of components in history would be something to provide. A
list of Artisons willing to explain their art, that would be something
nice to have and if everyone was to have that list available 3-5 year
members might find a cool new thing to do and their new interest might
carry them into 6-9 years of participation.

Combat, huh! 30+ years later, my skin shivers and and my blood boils
at the opportunity to ~start~ laying the smack down of love on people!
Hey did you know you can shoot arrows and throw things at people and
you don't have to get your bones bruised by mighty and scary men like
John Paul or Owen? And you still get to kill them?  How cool is that!
Ladies can do it too. You fight with catapults and war machines?
What?!? On teams?

Make you own alcohol, !yeah!

I think we have more then enough fun-ness to provide to people to
catch and retain their interests. HOSPITALLERS are the officers that
can ensure our life's blood as a society, and we iz all supposed to be
hospitallers, ***If anyone is good at making dynamic trifold fliers,
you can provide Ansteorra 20 new people every time we are in the
public eye***. All it takes is displaying our Sense of Fellowship,
Values, and Pagentry. and putting info (a flyer) in their hands with a
smile and a unique hand-on-forearm Roman Handshake.

This is the way, this is the cure, this has worked, this will work. It
will bring in the new and keep in the mid, it'll even give the
dinosaurs something to do because they will have some people to share
their lexicon of information they have gathered pertaining to their
interests with, and It'll help reclaim a sense of being valued, again.

Pooky story time & example,

 I brought a family of 5 to the event being their first event. The
15-16 year old girl has had anything but a smooth previous 5 years.
Lord Vincenti da Murano of Namron was in charge of organizing Archery
at Namron's Protectorate. She wanted to do archery so we went down to
the archery field. Lord Vincenti da Murano of Namron was in charge of
organizing Archery at Namron's Protectorate. And while doing and
keeping track of all things IKAK he also walked her through and
assisted her on every shot and gave her the opportunity to develop
self esteem and gain a sense of accomplishment. HUGE life altering
loving goodness, just by me telling her what would be available at the
event and there being a person to spend the time to hook them with
something interesting.
Fast forward, now we have 5 new members and a families life has been
changed because there was someone to communicate the information (at
Protectorate point at a big board) and a man like Lord Vincenti da
Murano of Namron who's willing to share our chivalry and courtesy with
someone new.

Lord Vincenti da Murano of Namron also bolstered this mid-range (33.9
year) player's sense of hope and determination and you can do so as
well,

Pooky


"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development
of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others,
the greater is our own sense of well-being." -Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th
Dalai Lama

Please please please, as soon as you see an email is from me, save
yourself the trouble and hit delete or come on ride the train, The
Pooky Love Train!



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
>