ES - Membership in the Society

[M. Peet]

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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