[Ansteorra] Participation vs. Recruitment (long)

[Mike Andrews]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 02:38:00PM -0600, Jeffrey Clark wrote:
> ... and I miss the old time in ancient Greece, when everyone was educated
> and cultured and life was a utopia.
>
> The "Old Glory Days" argument is really trite, and us younger generations
> have been tired of it since we were 5. Times change, people change,
> society changes, expectations change... therefore we must change with it.
> The SCA must change to remain relevant to the modern world, or the modern
> world will leave it behind. Evolve or die: while we don't need to abandon
> our mission, we certainly need to constantly reevaluate how we pursue it.
>
> Your self-important statements are useless. Wishing things were like
> they used to be, when discussing the present and future of the SCA is
> absolutely as helpful as an ostrich sticking its head in the sand when
> attacked by a predator.

So far, I agree completely. Deal with the problems you have, not the ones
you wish you had, if you want to solve the problems you have; fix the
problem, not the blame.

> Perhaps the answer is an amendment to the rules about calendar events.
> Perhaps we should allow multiple calendar events on the same weekend so
> long as they are not within 350 miles of each other. Since the 4-hour
> drive has been mentioned several times, 350 miles is roughly 4 hours of
> driving.

On the Autobahnen, perhaps. I've never driven anywhere that I could expect
to average 87.5 miles per hour for four hours; I consider I'm doing really
if I can average over 60 miles per hour on a trip. I respectfully submit
that for 350 miles, an elapsed time of 5 to 6 hours is more in line with
reality, taking into account rest breaks, driver changes, and filling
an empty gas tank. But this only bolsters your argument about multiple
calendar events on the same weekend, I think.

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