[Ansteorra] ideas... long

[David Brown]

They are much stricter when it comes to what they allow. If you are a Civil War reenacter and you walk into a camp with a coke can...you will be kindly asked to either put it in a proper period container or leave.
Now, I understand that it takes money, but we need to be as close to period as we can. Cover the mundane.

HL Devin
David Brown

There is no better therapy than a dogs love.

Irena Fridenberg <rubberduckiemom at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm not against FB at all.  I love that I can communicate with my
>friends at anytime.  I do think it has had an effect on what the SCA
>is now. I love that the SCA has embraced websites and electronic
>newsletters. It is good for many reasons.  There are many reasons
>people have given that they don't enjoy the Society like the old days.
>
>Some of the reasons are red tape, paper trails and releases.  We just
>have accept that these are the realities of the Society now.  We
>really can't change what the BoD feels is best for the group so we
>find ways to work around it.
>
>Start asking the other reactor groups to keep their memberships and
>attendance up. Surely there are things they are doing that we aren't.
>None of us are going to have the magic answer, but if we acknowledge
>the problems maybe we can find some of the possible solutions.
>
>I know I want to see the magic back and wish the attendance go up.
>I'm glad we are talking about it.
>
>Katrine
>
>Barone Orlando Di Gilead <orlando at agilejedi.com> wrote:
>
>
>The SCA in AS 10 was what it had to be then and the SCA now is what it has
>to be now. I, for one, was glad to see the SCA embrace Facebook recently.
>It lends our group some legitimacy amongst the younger generation and keeps
>their attention in the same way email lists  (like this one) did in the
>past. I fear that we must stay relevant and embrace new technologies...we
>do style ourselves as the "modern" middle ages :-)
>
>Orlando
>
>
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>
>On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Susan Tillery <sutillery at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>> Thank you and well said.  There is a certain glamour when we first join
>> that
>> begins to fray over time.  Costuming is "much" better now than it once
>> was.  It
>> is possible to buy medieval looking tents now and people do.   One of the
>> reasons I find things so different now is because I am different.
>>
>> AEla
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com>
>> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Sent: Wed, January 30, 2013 2:37:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] ideas... long
>>
>> At 12:55 PM 1/30/2013, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> FWIW, that is not a new concern. I've been told that starting around AS 2,
>> people were complaining that the SCA wasn't like it was in "the good old
>> days."
>>
>> Stop and think about this for a moment, folks. Did the SCA seem like a
>> wonderful, magical, chivalrous place when you joined, but after a few
>> years the
>> shiny started wearing off--people weren't as courteous, they made less
>> effort to
>> hide the mundane stuff, and it started to feel like a modern party in
>> medieval
>> clothes? I think that hits everybody, no matter when you joined.
>>
>> I've been in the SCA since AS 10. My first event was in a park on the
>> outskirts
>> of San Antonio. The event site was maybe thirty yards down a trail from the
>> parking area, and it really felt like walking back in time, leaving the
>> 20th
>> century and going into the Middle Ages. Afterwards, when I got home, I can
>> recall just sitting there with a big grin on my face for a couple of hours.
>> But looking back today, *all* the tents were modern camping tents, the
>> pavilions
>> were blue tarps, most of the fighters were wearing freon can helms, many
>> were
>> wearing carpet armor, and most of the clothing would scream "newbie" to
>> our eyes
>> now. In many ways the SCA *is* doing a better job of playing the Middle
>> Ages
>> than we did 37 years ago. I agree that camera-phones can be obtrusive, but
>> even
>> in AS 10 we had folks with flash cameras. I can remember a prominent
>> knight--who
>> was a big Aggie football fan--coming onto the field between rounds at one
>> of the
>> Queen's Grace tournaments (held Thanksgiving weekend) and announcing the
>> score
>> of the UT-Aggie football game (granted, he *did* say "Shadowlands 17, Bryn
>> Gwlad
>> 10", but everybody knew what he was talking about.)
>>
>> All that being said, I *do* agree that we could stand to cut down on the
>> modern
>> elements. Go easy on updating every single thing at an event or in court to
>> Twitter and Facebook as soon as it happens (or at least do it out of the
>> public
>> view) cover your coolers, put your drinks in period containers, if you're
>> using
>> a modern camping chair, cover it, as well. But y'know, most of those
>> suggestions
>> were being made twenty or thirty years ago, too.
>>
>>         -Tivar Moondragon
>>         Fossil-in-residence
>>
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