[Ansteorra] Things to think about....

[Gabrielle de Luxton]

The Inquisition:  I cant wait to bring out my Aztec personna,thats been
hiding in the back of the closet.

Gabby
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Kendrick" <pkendrick at houston.rr.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] Things to think about....


> Your Grace
>
> I agree with you whole heartedly!
> The usual things that are done because "they always have been done that
> way" are easiest!
>
> In order to make things more interesting (and controversial) our Canton
> (Gate's Edge) will be hosting the "Inquisition" in February, Torturous
> devices and all!  It may ruffle some feathers, but it may turn out to be
> a very unique event at the same time.
>
> It will definitely NOT be a spectator sport!  Hope you can come, we
> haven't seen you since 3 Kings last year!
>
> Your servant,
> Damask
> Chateau La Panache'
> (Household of Her Grace Desive Luciana A'Vigion
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  Dear Dominic
>
> Most of the time I would agree  totally with you but as an active
> autocrat in my time and creator of events I learned some hard cold
> facts.
> The more money the event cost and the more money the gas cost and more
> time it takes us to get to events the more everyone expects. It is just
> a
> fact of life. Fifteen / twenty years ago we realize this and strived to
> put more into events. We encouraged people to do stuff and told people
> in
> our laws it was their"duty" to help recreate the pre-17th century past.
> We encouraged people to have personas and made arrangement for
> opportunities to play. We encouraged brain storming and new ideas. There
> was all sort of stuff going on mostly sponsored by individuals. Now the
> bureaucrats have taken over.
>
> If the officers  can not control it, it isn't done. I, Duchess Willow,
> with all the titles in the world find it hard to get the bureaucrats to
> OK anything. It usually take a goodly amount of time to get them to
> agree
> to anything. By the time they say OK I am so bored with the project I
> can
> hardly stand it. They go along usually if it is an all right idea but it
> takes too long. A lot of people don't have the experience and patience
> to
> know that if they keep trying usually it works. When faced with this red
> tape and bureaucracy slowdown they just get upset and stop.
>
> Ansteorrians have faced this stagnation before. Individual got into the
> offices and made it a point to make Ansteorra a user friendly place,
> Senchales tried to keep an open mind and the populous of groups began to
> take on the viewpoint that if you had enough people to do something and
> you were paying for it and it didn't do any damage to the SCA  and
> someone would enjoy it , it was alright to do. The whole point to being
> an creative organization is to create.  If we want people to start doing
> things again we are going to have help each other and protect each other
> from the "I don't knows" and "I not sure." and "We never done that way"
> and " It didn't work before" doldrums.
>
> While I believe that you are right in saying the answer to the problem
> is
> Ansteorrans getting off their butts and doing things, I also think all
> of
> us need to make Ansteorra a easier place to do things. We need to
> support
> projects in our area and help individuals in other areas with their
> projects. A while back you could get buttons that said " the SCA is not
> a
> spectator sport." I think that is a true statement.
>
> Duchess Willow de Wisp
>
>
>
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