[Ansteorra] advice books

[elizabeth at crouchet.com]

An advice book or handbook even just a check list can be a great thing. I remember being in a planning meeting once when the 
steward remembered that he had fogotten to plan for porta potties! And he was a seasoned steward. 

This was such a common sense item and such an easy thing to deal with as an expereinced steward that it just slipped out of 
the plans as not a big issue. Fortunatley we had planning meetings well in advance and something someone else said made us 
all think of it. 

If we'd had a checklist then even the experienced guys would have fewer dropped balls. And for inexpereinced stewards a 
mentor and a checklist would help a lot. I think every steward experinced or not should have a metnor who's only job is to ask 
all those annoyingly obvious questions. We can't all be supermen, but a little help can make us all seem that way. 

Just my $.02

Claire 



On 1 May 2006 at 12:39, Faelan Caimbeul wrote:

> Great idea! Has anyone considered making "advice books" for the different
> positions? I know in An Tir there's an event stewards advice book that helps
> steer people away from some of the more common mistakes of the trade so they
> don't keep repeating them. Maybe something like that, written well, could
> alleviate some of the anxiety people feel about taking the plunge for the
> first time.
> 
> Faelan
>