[Ansteorra] a suggestion
Nancy Wederstrandt
nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Jul 25 10:37:38 PDT 2002
not being a great mood today. I have a suggestion.
I don't think that if you can't afford a membership don't come is a very
"happy" solution.
I tend to agree with the surcharge that pays for itself...... Many an
organization I was interested in I tried out... especially the more social
of the groups. Now I hate to say anything disrespectful but the SCA is
primarily NOT an educational group - it is instead a social group where
education is a sideline. So I would try out such a group before spending
money to be a member.
I also resent the fact that people who are interested in joining, "new
people" as it were, being prohibited in a way from participating. Many,
many people volunteer and subsequently join because they volunteered. I
hear stories from people about how they came to see what it was about and
wound up serving or working in the kitchen - having a great time and
joining because it was so much fun doing that. In a group that does
nothing to protect it's volunteers it seems to add to the fact that the SCA
is discouraging volunteerism.
Clare
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