ES - Membership in the Society
M. Peet
ceinwenswan at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 2 14:43:35 PDT 2000
Well said M'Lord!!! And I applaud your willingness to help others to attain
their "Dream".
In service,
Ceinwen~
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>From: "Wilim Penbras" <wilim.penbras at pandora.org>
>Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>Subject: ES - Membership in the Society
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:33:19 -0400
>
>Greetings,
> I played in the East before I came to Ansteorra. I'm a member of the
>Society in Ansteorra. It's a small difference and probably one that a lot
>of people wouldn't recognize. I do all of the same things here that I did
>in the East. Except here it simply seemed the Right Thing for *me* to do.
> I loan hundreds of dollars worth of armor to strangers who want to
>see what it feels like. I leave even more expensive stuff in a tent for
>the day while I'm at the list field. I can do these things because there
>is a certain ethic in the Society that I can trust. Why would I all of a
>sudden expect that the $35 I sent to the Society is being used carelessly
>or irresponsibly.
> Do I receive value out of loaning equipment to people that have no
>idea how to use it? Do I receive value out of helping people learn how to
>use it. I spend hours of my time helping people at events and never
>actually receive anything really tangible for it. Sometimes I just do
>stuff because it seems like the Right Thing for me to do at the time.
> If there's a city, town or person that'll never know the Society in
>thier area because too many of us spent time worrying about 'Accountablity'
>and not chipping in financially too, then we've got problems. I don't much
>care if everyone else sees it the same way. As long as enough people
>decide to say "What might I lose if I don't give my Money?" instead of
>"What do I get for my Money?".
>
>ISTTD,
> Wilim Penbras
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