[Elfsea] Elfsea Digest, Vol 38, Issue 11

[pcrandal at sbcglobal.net]

Your Grace, 
Though I appreciate your efforts to hear those around you, I find myself unable to recall a conversation wherein I advised you in this manner. 
While I will admit occasions where my memory has suffered, I do believe that I would remember such a discussion. 
I would suggest that perhaps you recall another's words and have mistakenly attributed them to myself. 
I thank you for your efforts that have enriched the Kingdom. 

Crandall, Olde Phule 


--- On Sun, 7/5/09, willowjonbardc at juno.com <willowjonbardc at juno.com> wrote:

> From: willowjonbardc at juno.com <willowjonbardc at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Elfsea Digest, Vol 38, Issue 11
> To: elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 12:07 AM
> To Lord Crandal 
> Lord Crandal with all due respect I took your advise and
> stopped talking on the list about things because my
> dissension was hurting the people. Your wisdom made me see
> that if I as a responsible member of the SCA was causing
> someone to  respond in a negative way than I needed to
> remove myself from the situation. 
> You taught me a valuable lesson in courtesy and reminded
> me that our list is an open forum and many potential members
> are on the list. For the good of the SCA we should be
> "nice" to each other on the public list. 
> Please remember that for some of us the Highland Games
> was a fun and valuable part of the SCA experience and we
> haven't found a replacement yet. I am sure the Fools
> Court was the same for some people.  My sons liked
> gaming tents and I liked Ladies Pavilions. There are
> many many things that have been discontinued over the years.
> The Elfsea parade, the special
> ceremonies for making the Queen of Love
> and Beauty, the Fools Feast, Dancing on the Green
> and  the Culture Camps just to mention a few things
> Axed over the years. We have cut things out of our agenda in
> Elfsea because whoever was in power didn't find them
> worth while. 
> These cuts have taken away from someone each time and
> standardly the group have told people to just live with it.
> Each time we did that we lost people. I know it was 2 here
> and 3 here but after a while they added up. I think all of
> you will agreed that we could use those people now. I know I
> could.
> I think we should change our ways. Yes, every once in a
> while we have to not do something because there is  not
> enough interest now. I think we should allow the people who
> lost their fun games to express their feelings now and
> again. I would rather have the person grumpy on the list
> than gone. A lot of people told to "deal with it"
> have just left.  
> I also think all of us should help them find something
> else that fills that hole. As long as the hole is there the
> people will be unhappy and unhappy people are not fun. 
> Many times I have been told that Elfsea is a Family and
> Family member spat at each other but family also
> helps    each other and I think all of us
> should think about the other members of the group and think
> about what we can do to make them happy.
> Dear Crandal you taught me this and again Thank you for
> putting me back on my path.
> Yours with Love 
> The Old Woman of Ansteorra
> Duchess Willow