[Ansteorra] Newcomers

[loveofhalesworth]

May I ask where we can purchase these newcomer books? I have been playing for a little over a year and was unaware of this book. I would like to purchase a couple of copies for our newcomer grab, get started box. So, prehaps our newcomer may read it and it will help them get a better start in the group.
 
In Service, Love of Halesworth
Minister of Arts & Science
Deputy Seneschal
Barony of Ravensfort

Ansteorra WebMinister <vscribe at ansteorra.org> wrote:
Isobel asks
---"Has anyone written a "what to do as a new person introduction to the 
SCA?""---

I will touch on this part since I have been involved with it for a long 
time.

SCA Inc. does sell a handbook that does exactly what you are asking about. 
However many newcomers do not know about it and therefore do not purchase 
it.

In the Steppes about 7 years ago we had this come up so I sat down and 
started something that did answer some of this for a newcomer not only to 
the SCA but to the DFW area. I left just enough open so that their natural 
curiosity would actually bring them forward and ask further questions of us. 
The results can be viewed off the Steppes website. Shortly afterwards, it 
was requested to be placed on the central regional site as well. Shortly 
after that it received known world recognition and has been used as a 
template by several groups. http://www.steppes.org/newcomers.html

I update the pages as often as I can when it comes to the links to make sure 
they stay fresh. It is due one now.

A more recent change has been the Kingdom website when we did the overhaul 
this past spring. In the top navigation on each page next to the word Regnum 
I place in parenthesis the word Contacts because let's face it, who outside 
our group knows what Regnum means. I also added a link labeled Newcomers 
that goes to the Kingdom Hospitaler's site.

I have seen a website created independently by an sca'er called the Online 
Demo that has some very interesting ideas and I would love to incorporate 
some of that into our website. But the bottom line is what our newcomers 
need is face time.

What I mean by face time is just that, face to face meet and greet, talking, 
mentoring. Again, in the Steppes, over 7 years ago we started the hospitaler 
deputy system. we started with 3 then moved up to 5. We are spread out 
through the metroplex. We hook up new folks with members that live close to 
them and they travel together to meetings, events, revels, and fighter 
practices. We try to keep that face time at a max. We try to pick up the 
slack when we are between Hospitalers as well. It is not an easy job for 
just one person to do, in my opinion it really is not meant for just one 
person but I understand the need for all those things to be in a central 
place under the charge of one person. We deputies take on all the other 
duties that would other wise spread our officer way too thin in an area as 
large as ours.

Thanks for listening. I hope I have touched on part of one of your 
questions. :)

Chiara
Kingdom WebMinister, Ansteorra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Isobel de Kirkbryde" 
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." ; "Barony of 
Namron" 
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Newcomers


:
----snip of really great stuff that others are already addressing ----
:
: Has anyone written a "what to do as a new person"
: introduction to the SCA? in booklet or pamphlet
: format? If so, perhaps one way to break the ice would
: be to have them available for purchase or handout or
: something at events when people sign in, pay site
: fees, pay feast fees, etc.? I know one key to
: participating functionally in any group is to learn
: its language (lingo, acronyms, etc.) and the SCA is
: rife full of them. If there isn't a booklet, perhaps
: that would be a good thing for me to work on while the
: struggle of being new is still fresh and I now
: learning what questions to ask. If there is one, then
: we need to find it, update it if needed, and get it
: out and visible. People can't access things they
: don't know exist.
:
:
:
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