[Bryn-gwlad] Being Ignored

[Aurelia Coritana]

Susan, I'll agree with you. While I haven't been to many events in this area, that has been my experience in other kingdoms - if you don't know anyone when you walk in, you may still not know anyone when you walk out. 
 
If someone in the group makes a point of asking "Is anyone here tonight for the first time?" and calls for a round of introductions, that would help a great deal. Just a simple acknowledgement like this would go a long way towards keeping new members, in my opinion.
 
Aurelia


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Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 08:33:37 -0500
From: "Susan" <SCLARK935 at AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Being Ignored
To: "Barony of Bryn Gwlad" <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org>
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A valid question; in all seriousness, if the SCA/group is interested in 
gaining/retaining new members, there needs to be someone at public 
activities (especially for things like PiP) who is on the lookout for new 
faces.  This person needs to be able to go up to those people, maybe give a 
short intro to the SCA and make the newcomer feel welcome.  I think this is 
the thing that is really needed.  As I said, with just a few exceptions, I 
felt totally ignored the times I've gone out to PiP; for someone totally new 
to the SCA, this would be very off-putting, I understand that people already 
involved in the SCA will have their group of friends that they want to hang 
out with, a newcomer probably wouldn't and may not ever come back if the 
first reception is poor.  All the demos in the world will not help, if 
interested individuals are not given a welcome.

Susan
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