ES - Hospitaller stuff

[Terri Head]

That sounds pretty good to me. Sounds like you need foster families or a "guide" for the newbies. The t-tunic gift is a neat idea too. I know (by example from Willim and Rebekah) to keep an extra set of feast gear with me to help with anyone new. That way, there is no shortage of gear to accomodate newbies.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Christine Huse" <maria_elfsea at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:26:26 -0600

>I would first like to see the completed copy of the SCA handout that will be 
>printed for the NTIF. This is a good basic starter flyer. From what I 
>remember seeing, it has my information as Hospitaler, as well as, the 
>Steppes Hospitaler information on it.
>
>I would like to compose a "newbie" packet to give or mail to new members. I 
>understand Violet's predicament. I, too didn't know a soul last January when 
>I came to my first meeting. I have to say it was really scary walking into a 
>room full of people I didn't know and they were talking in language I didn't 
>understand (What on earth is garb?? What is a Pelican?, etc, etc.).
>
>I was thinking that this packet could consist of a mini-dictionary; where to 
>get good deals on fabric; how to make a simple t-tunic; where to get feast 
>gear with it costing an arm and leg; things you can do at a tournament, if 
>you aren't fighting; etc.  (I'm open to any ideas for content)
>
>Other thoughts...
>
>1) Could we just give a simple t-tunic to new members to keep, just to get 
>them started? I know after War is over that some do not use thier old tunics 
>again and they are going to waste in someone's closet. Could we set up a 
>cloth budget to buy material for tunics for new people? The reason why I 
>ask, getting started in the SCA can be expensive for those on a strict 
>budget and a simple thing like a piece of garb can convey to the new person 
>that they are in fact welcome.
>
>2) Going to a weekend event can be scary, if you don't know anyone. If it 
>wasn't for Phelippe, who graciously offered for me to camp with him, I would 
>not have come to Springfaire. Could we somehow set up a group of folks who 
>would be willing to take a new person with them or allow them to camp with 
>them, if the Hospitaler can't make that event?
>
>3) Could we get volunteers to help stay with a new person when they attend 
>their first event, if the Hospitaler can't make that event? Baronial College 
>was my first event last year. I felt very alone all day. When it came to 
>feast time, I about near cried. I looked around and everyone had such lovely 
>tables. All I had was a simple pie plate for a plate, my tankard and a fork. 
>Everyone was sitting around enjoying the conversation of people they had not 
>seen in a while while sitting at a very pretty table with very pretty feast 
>gear. I on the other hand was desperately trying to find a seat. I nervously 
>asked Siobhan (whom I didn't know), if I could sit with her family, but I 
>felt like I was intruding on her family's dinner time. At court that 
>evening, I was one of the first people in the hall. When court started, I 
>was the only one sitting on that row while there were quite a few people 
>standing at the back of the room. Arabella (I met her breifly during her 
>t-tunic class that day) got to sit next to me for a few minutes and it was 
>then that I didn't feel like such a pariah. I know that at events we see 
>poeple we haven't seen in a long time and it's a great time to play catch 
>up. But, if we could stay near that person all day or that person knew they 
>would have a seat at dinner time with someone they partially know or have 
>someone there to explain what was going on in court, I think that it would 
>make their transition a bit easier.
>
>On a side note, Phelippe and I have been toying with the idea of starting a 
>household or giuld whose main purpose would be to work closely with the 
>Hospitaler and help him/her with making the new person feel warm and welcome 
>into our society. We were thinking that this household could do those things 
>I outlined above.
>
>Sorry this was so long. These are some of my thoughts with helping 
>newcomers.
>
>Maria
>
>
>-----
>Maria, Terric, I'm seeing a lot of interest in your
>line of work these days.  What wonderful things do you
>two suppose could be accomplished between now and, oh,
>the Scottish Festival (for which we still need an
>organizer), with such talented and energetic people to
>help?  Enthusiasm is a terrible thing to waste.
>
>- Galen Elfsea
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