[Bryn-gwlad] Banner to welcome newcomers

[tmcd@panix.com]

I posted a question to the SCA Heralds list and got what I think is a
most sensible answer.

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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 00:54:48 -0700
From: heather jones <heather.jones at EARTHLINK.NET>
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Subject: Re: Banner to welcome newcomers

On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote:

> Barony in Ansteorra.  People want a banner to welcome newcomers to
> populace.  I don't see an SCA-wide or Ansteorran design.  Am I
> missing something?  Any suggestions?

I don't know if the intended purpose is similar, but after much
pointless designing of cutesy "newcomer logos", a number of Western
encampments have settled for a simple banner with the words "Visitors
welcome" to express an active invitation to new people to enter and
hang out in sunshades, pavilions, etc.  (It had to be pointed out with
some emphasis that it didn't do any good to designate a heraldic design
that symbolized newcomers since, by definition, they wouldn't have any
reason to know what it symbolized -- all the heraldry would be equally
opaque.)

Tangwystyl
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