[Bryn-gwlad] Sunday Practice/UT Recruiting Again

[Andrew Benton]

I would like to chime in as well on the issue of Sunday practices, though the point may have been beaten to death already. 
  
  I want one. I have a number of friends who are at a tipping point,  interested in joining the SCA, but unable/unwilling to come to Tuesday  PiP for various reasons, work, schedule, it cuts into rest time, et  cetera. A number of them have expressed surprise that there was no  Sunday practice. That being said, I would love it if there was a  fighter practice of any sort at Twin Lakes park. That would dovetail  nicely with so many things for me. Combining archery practice and FP2  makes sense, and since it is not far  from the populace meeting of one of the local LARP groups, some  mingling/poaching is possible. With a Sunday practice in that area, I  think I can get several more people to come take a look at BG. 
  
  The downside is that Twin Lakes does nothing to assist in recruitment  efforts at UT. I propose that these be discussed as separate issues. If  you want to recruit at UT, consider demos in visible areas, set up a  drum circle at the hippie bead fair on the drag, flyers, the usual.  This has all been said a thousand times, so I won't belabor the point. 
   
  I wonder if the best targets for recruitment... wow, that is gonna look  bad for whichever NSA operative reads this... the best targets are  going to be the people who are soon going to graduate from UT and will  be around Austin for a while. Many new college students are too busy  for a real commitment to the SCA, and tend to be casual participants. A  recent or soon-to-be graduate often is a bit rootless and looking for a  community/network of friends, and might become more deeply involved. We  all know how many stay here in Austin after they graduate. I suspect  that this is a sub-pop worth targeting. 
  
  Respectfully,
  Kamaitachi no Kansuke
  
  SCA East Asian Persona Guild
  http://www.brassbricks.com/sca/east_asian_personae_main.htm
  

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