ES - Hospitaller stuff

Jhan Knebel rixende at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 28 13:28:52 PST 2001


The Barony of Bryn Madoc had a foster program where
people would volunteer to take a newcomer under their
wing for just that purpose.

Maybe it's something to investigate. I'd be willing to
serve as a sponsor in a program along that lines.

Rixende

--- Christine Huse <maria_elfsea at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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rixende at yahoo.com
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