ANST - Need some costuming advice

[Carol Ross]

You make a valid point. I guess I am just to naive to think that would never
happen to me. Although, I do know it does happen. One of the things I try to
avoid in the SCA may explain my naivety. I try my best to notice when
certain people are being left out of the award game because so and so does
not like them. Even if I also do not care for them I try to judge them
fairly and recommend them for the award if they deserve it. I guess that I
want the same done with me in return - that is do not judge me by my name
but by my merits.
-----Original Message-----
From: Casey&Coni <cjw at vvm.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: ANST - Need some costuming advice


>
>
>Perhaps a good solution to this problem would be to make a cover sheet for
>you documentation.  When actually competing in the competition proper,
>remove it, but when handing out copies of your work afterwards, include it.
>I find that if someone needs to tell you something about your piece, they
>will leave their name and a way to contact them on your commenting sheet-
>this has happened to me twice.  I really desire my judging to be as
>impartial as possible, not judging me against my own ability, but rather,
my
>work against the public highbar.
>
>Although it's a sticky comparison, the knights (I feel) would never knight
a
>person on the basis of how far their fighting has progressed, but will
>always attempt to measure their ability against the mean level of the
>circle.  It's not that we don't take note of progress- we do notice and
>praise it- it's just that we would feel awkward knighting a person whose
>personal best doesn't measure up to our standard as a whole.  Adding your
>name to your piece in an A&S competition *could* cloud someones judging one
>way or another so I try to avoid letting the judges even see me putting
>things out.  I would hate to win a competition simply because (and I have
>heard this said...) "... it wasn't exactly a masterwork but, my goodness, a
>_man_ made it... isn't that impressive?".  The other side of the issue is
>that there may be those out there who don't get along with you
*personally*:
>"Good grief, Mistress Whoever, there's that loudmouth, Ritter Dieterich...
>let's just get through his stuff as quickly as possible, shall we?"
>
>Peers should be above all that?  Naaah.  Peers are people, too, and I'd
>rather just narrow the odds of them judging to either side of the line.
>
>Dieterich
>
>
>PS.  Glad you put your name on your post, Genevieve! *wink*;)
>
>Genvieve had penned:
>
>>This message is brought to you by a "final exam frazzled" Genevieve de
>>Courtanvaux. I had a momentary lack of intelligence and forgot to sign my
>>name. Sorry.
>>>I think that Dieterich makes very good points on how to do documentation
>>>except that I disagree him on one point. That is I believe that you
should
>>>include your name in your documentaion. You don't include your name for
>>>popularity but as a refrence as to who made the piece. I personally have
>>>given my documentation to other people when I am finished because they
>have
>>>asked about a particular subject therein. When these people in turn use
my
>>>documentation I would like to be given credit for my work. Also, if I
>>happen
>>>along and want to know who did the piece and they are not present then
all
>>I
>>>have to do is look at their documentation. Besides, I am a student and it
>>>has become ingrained - you put your name on everything you do.
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