ES - Membership trend

[Richard Threlkeld]

Hearth and home should certainly come before membership in 
any group. Membership in the SCA is entirely optional. You 
can do anything except hold an office (partly due to the 
liability question) without it. No other group in which 
I have been a member is that open. 

I can say with certainty that in Elfsea, membership has 
no bearing at all on recognition. Yes, officers do tend 
to be recognized for the work they do (after all, they 
are doing large amounts of work to benefit our group), 
but many other people are recognized for their efforts 
without being an officer or a member. We watch who 
shows up to help load the trailer before an event, 
who does setup, who does break down, who is always ready 
to help someone set up a tent, who volunteers to be a 
server at feast, who becomes a waterbearer, who spends 
the extra time to get their garb "just right", who 
tries a little of everything to see where their interests 
lie, and who begins teaching others.

We would like more people to be members because it shows 
Elfsea to be an active, growing group in the eyes of the 
BoD. This is not as important as many other things, but 
would be nice. Getting the Black Star and some of the 
other publications also helps our populace keep up to 
date on upcoming events.

Caelin on Andrede 
Seneschal to Lord and Lady Elfsea

> 
> Greetings all
> 
> Membership does have its advantages.
> 
>   You can't hold office without it
>   you don't really get recognized if you don't hold an
> office
>   and a really cool card that says you "BELONG" to our
> group
> 
> unfortunately, some people think that the membership
> card should be put in front of other financial
> responsabilities.  These people want to belong so much
> that they will put off necessities (food, clothing,and
> shelter) in order to be a part of our group.
> 
> We need to put less enphasis on membership, and more
> on hearth and home.
> 
> very respectfully
> Sebastian
> 
> 
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