<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Wissa,<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I tend to agree with what Alexis was saying earlier, we are in the heat of summer and not many (including myself) are easily motivated to put on armor in the heat of summer.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I will say that Othar/Arthur of Stargate has had success in getting the existing fighter base to show up to mid-day Saturday fights in the park. Based on my opinion this is due to his efforts to roust people out of the home and onto the field, not so much the change of venue. I would much rather practice at night and have the weekend with the family.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arthur has done a great job of recruiting others to help carry the enthusiasm. I would suggest making calls, organizing specific practice goals. One of the great things the Loch has going for it is a large population of Knights who love to fight. You don't have to do much to get them on board with a plan.<br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We do need to recruit more new fighters, it wouldn't hurt to get the fighters we do have back out in practice.<br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lets plan on getting together, I will help you (if you like) come up with a plan and help you get the "volunteers" to move forward on the plan. </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jean<br></div><div><br><div><div><div>On Jul 24, 2008, at 5:37 PM, Wissa Bear wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Thanks everyone who has written so far.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I understand people not wanting to change things, but by not changing anything its not answering a need for recruitment.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We could add a second practice instead of changing the current one, but that’s more effort that I haven’t heard an interest in pursuing.<span> </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Remember I’m asking this question because people are NOT coming to the weekly practice.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Sure it just might be a summer slowdown, but it won’t pick up all that much in the fall.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>And to get new fighters to fill up practice people need to see what we do.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>And they won’t see anything on the U of H campus.</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Wissa</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Loch Knight Marshall</font><br><br></div><br><hr>Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_family_safety_072008" target="_new">Help protect your kids.</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>_______________________________________________<br>Coastal mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Coastal@lists.ansteorra.org">Coastal@lists.ansteorra.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/coastal-ansteorra.org">http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/coastal-ansteorra.org</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>