[Ansteorra] ideas was Presentation at Round Table

[Monalee R Kendall]

Greetings,

When I found the SCA in the late 70's I was taken with the idea of
"knights in shinning armor" and the pagentry. It was also easier, I
think, to make a start. My first court dress had a zipper in the back.

As time has progressed I've watched the SCA struggle for legitamacy in
the Historical Re-enactment world. So many of us didn't want to be
seen as a "back-yard costume party" anymore. We wanted to be seen as a
serious history group.
I think that we have achieved a certain amount of that goal but in the
process we have lost some of the carefree fun and the ease of getting
started.

We now have to worry about keeping all aspects of the SCA in check to
meet with modern laws and to protect ourselves from costly lawsuites
as much as we can in this much more letigious society. But that is
what multi-million dollar international corporations have to do.

I believe that younger folks (20's to 30's) want the carefree fun and
the ease of getting started. It seems that the other groups (LARPs)
provide this better. How can we provide this?

The truth is I don't know, but if someone has some ideas, I'd be
willing to give them a shot.

Baroness Genevieve McCullum de Caen
Hospitaler for Barony of Stargate


On 1/30/13, Bree Flowers <evethejust at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:39 PM, kajira camber <kajiracamber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> *snip*
>> 4-Recognition-As Arthur stated, we all need to make a better effort to
>> submit/recognize those that have done the work or improved in the arts or
>> what have you.  I have heard through many reigns regarding the lack of
>> award recommendations and this is an important piece of being part of a
>> volunteer organization.  Heck, look at how much apps and online
>> mini-games
>> (i.e. Farmville, Hero World, Bejeweled, Angry Birds, etc)  pull people
>> back
>> to keep playing simply based on simple 'electronic' awards/badges!  It
>> doesn't even have to be an 'award' from Their Majesties.  A simple thank
>> you goes far and it lets them know that their service or skill
>> improvement
>> has been recognized by others.
>
> THIS! 100 times this! By all means, write your recognition letters,
> but don't rely on that alone to give people the pat on the back you
> think they deserve. A lot of us don't get around to writing letters,
> or forget who we should be writing about, or heck, some things just
> aren't letter-writing-worthy, but they still deserve some recognition.
> Like singing a song at a feast that knocks your socks off, or helping
> you set up your camp, or just plain old looking awesome! Yeah, doing
> those things repeatedly is worthy of letter-writing, but that doesn't
> mean you have to save up all your thanks until someone's done it a
> bunch of times. Bring a little supply of "cool stuff" with you in your
> pouch to hand out to people who do little things that impress you. I
> make beads, so I always try to remember to bring some beads along that
> I can gift to the feast steward, the kid that brings me water at
> feast, the bard, the fighter that dies amusingly, the rapier fighter
> with the rapier wit to match, whatever catches my imagination and
> really makes it magical that day. Not everyone does beads, so find
> something else, some little trinket, wrapped candies, illuminated
> bookmarks, a pewter token, a bell, a tassel, a rubber ducky dressed up
> like a viking. Or if you don't have the time/financial means for
> stuff, SAY SOMETHING, really, words are good too. You don't have to be
> landed nobility, or have a shiny crown or a peerage to recognize
> people who do awesome things. We can all say "thank you, you made my
> day".
>
> ~Astridr
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