[Elfsea] first SCA exposure/'Young Ones' (long)

[Sam Milligan]

Anezka,

As Seneschal of Loch Ruadh at the time you mention, I am very concerned that anyone should have come to a Loch Ruadh Populace Meeting and been ignored.  Our custom is and has always been to make newcomers and visitors as welcome as possible, and I apologize that we failed in this instance.  We always ask newcomers and visitors to sign in on our sign-in sheets, and to print their SCA name, modern name and contact information on the back of the sheet so that our Hospitaler can follow up with them later.

As you know, we meet in a restaurant, and try not to disturb the non-SCA patrons as much as is possible.  Looking back over the sign in sheets for the time I was Seneschal, I do not find your name on any of them.  Were you using a different SCA name at the time?  Or did you not sign in, and perhaps it was assumed that you were a non-SCA customer of the restaurant?  What ever the case may be, I again apologize that you were not made to feel welcome, and that you nonetheless found a good SCA home in Elfsea.

Padraig Ruadh O'Maolagain
Past Seneschal of Loch Ruadh

Anezka wrote:

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>When I moved down here for grad school (3 years ago) I was determined to
>continue playing since it would at least be something familiar after
>moving half-way across the country and to a BIG city.  So more web
>searches and this time help from people in Atlantia helped me find
>Elfsea.  The first thing I noticed was that there was a canton who met
>right down the street from where I was at school.  I had been in Texas
>less than a week and went to one of their populace meetings.  I have
>never felt more ignored and less wanted than I did at Loch Ruadh's
>populace meeting.  I almost gave up on Ansteorra right then.  But I knew
>that there was a Baronial fighter practice on Sunday and decided to give
>the group another try.  At this Elfsea practice I was immediately
>welcomed and introduced around.  I was given a copy of the Scroll and
>Atlas as well as several people's phone numbers and email addresses if I
>had any more questions about Elfsea.  Since then, Elfsea has been my
>home and life has been good here.





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