ES - Page/Mentor Program

[Darius and Monica]

Hi Maria!

Darius here Reading over your proposed Page school Plans and sending out
comments. Reading over this, I can tell we definately have different views of
what a page is. :) Which of course matters little as long as we know what we are
talking about.

I personally see a Page/gentle relationship as a more personal relationship much
like an Apprentice or a squire has with their peer. I now understand this is not
your perspective at all. (at least not for this project). My Take on this seems
to be more that you want to keep a data base of who is willing to do teaching on
an individual 1 on 1 basis, and match them with some one who wants to learn
whatever they teach. I can point out a chink in the chain on that point. If
someone  were to register with this "Page Service" that they would teach say
well Pierced Metal, How many people do you think would be lining up for it?
Unfortunatly pierced work is just flashy enough that lots of people want to
learn how. and this would likley cause some exclusion of less glamerous lessons
like say name research. The only thing I can suggest on that is to work out some
sort of system so that people teaching popular subjects aren't swamped and the
less popular yet important lessons get taught as well. I know Meridies has a
system of you take a certain number and diferent types of classes and you can
earn "degrees" from the royal College. That might be an incentive system to look
into.

I guess it seems to me more like your system would be along the lines of a local
college type affair than how I concieve of pages. Which Academies and Schools
are very period. So ya know....

On an Off note a "Minister of Pages" (as a deputy to the MOC) would be an Ideal
person to organize the older children at event s into a "page for a day" type
program. THey could have a list of different activities that needed assistance
and who was in charge of those things and send out willing hands, as well as
organize a class or two durring the day to educate our youth about the SCA and
the Medieval times. That way they get activities geared more to thier age level
and a way to be a usefull part of the event thus giving them something to do.

well there is my $.02
Darius
(hey has any one else noticed they don't have a "cent" symbol on their
keyboard??)

Christine Huse wrote:

> Buenos Dias!
>
> Ok. I told you I'm Ms. Persistant.  Geez...I feel like a dog with a bone!
> :-)
>
> Back to the this page program. I want to let you know what my ideas are. If
> you don't think it will work, tell me how you think I could change it to
> make it work. Remember, I'm still in the brain-storming area of this plan.
> Before you hit the "Reply" button, please read this twice...it's amazing
> what you miss on a first read-over:
>
> Purpose: To allow all members a chance to learn in depth a skill or art with
> another member who is willing and able to share their expertise on a
> subject.
>
> Definitions:
>          Mentor --  the teacher
>          Page -- the student
>          MOP -- Minister of Pages
>
> Eligible persons:
>          Mentor -- should have some degree of knowledge in said area
>            they are willing to teach, prefer age 18 or above;
>          Page -- should be willing to learn from Mentor, any age may
>            apply.
>
> Subjects: Any art form or sport may be taught (ie. Chivalric fighting,
> Rapier fighting, Archery, embroidery, enameling, illiumination, etc.)
>
> Application process:
>          Mentor -- Tells MOP what subject(s) they would like to teach,
>           appoximately how long the lesson could last (if applicable),
>           age group desired, a tentative schedule of when they would
>           like to instruct, and any other restrictions or information
>           that might pertinant
>          Page (or parent of Page)-- Tells MOP what subject(s) they would
>           like to learn, a tentative schedule of when they would like to
>           learn, and any other restrictions or information that
>           might pertinant
>          MOP -- Keeps a database of Pages and Mentors and does his/her
>           best to match the Page to the Mentor according to what each
>           want. Contacts the Mentor when a match occurs and gets
>           approval from Mentor, then contacts Page (Page's parents) and
>           gets approval from Page (Page's parents). MOP gives Page's
>           basic contact information to Mentor and Mentor's basic contact
>           information to Page (or Page's parents).
>
> Guidlelines:
>        1) Should Page be a minor (under 18), the parent must stay with
>           the Page during his/her lessons, unless otherwise differently
>           agreed upon by parent(s) and Mentor.
>        2) Page/Page's Parent's or Mentor may discontinue the
>           relationship for whatever reason.
>
> Ok, this is all I have for now, but it's a pretty good start. I like to
> think of this plan like a temporary service that most companies and
> corporations use nowadays to find new employees.
>
> I think that if executed properly, that this would be a great program for
> not just newcomers and/or their children, but people that have been in the
> society and would like to learn something new, but don't know **who** to
> ask. Also, I think that this might really work good with fighter practice
> and A&S night.
>
> Maria
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