<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10>In a message dated 10/28/04 12:33:19 AM Central Daylight Time, announce@scabusiness.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Greetings unto the people of the Kingdom of Ansteorra from Kareina Talvi
<BR>Tytär, second Viscountess of Oertha, currently residing in the Kingdom
<BR>of An Tir,
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<BR>My Lords and Ladies, in an earlier posting to this list, I sent a
<BR>missive to acquaint you with a new SCA-related resource,
<BR>http://scabusiness.com/, which was then still under construction. It is
<BR>with great delight that I now announce that the construction is complete
<BR>and the resource is ready to use. It has been created on behalf of
<BR>those of us who, no matter how active in the Society we may be, don't
<BR>necessarily know what modern-world skills our friends within in the
<BR>Society have. This information is vital if one desires to give one's
<BR>custom first and foremost to others within the Society rather than
<BR>calling upon a random individual from the modern world. This resource
<BR>has been designed to be a comprehensive listing for all manner of
<BR>diverse skills, whether one needs one's roof repaired, requires
<BR>assistance compiling one's taxes, or needs a new hair dresser. It is
<BR>also designed to be a listing of SCA folk who have period skills for
<BR>hire, such as armorer, potter, or weaver. Now that this resource is
<BR>fully functional it is searchable by location, type of skill, name of an
<BR>individual, or that of their business, or even by a keyword from within
<BR>the description of their business. It is set up to allow customer
<BR>feedback about the businesses, both praise and cautions based upon
<BR>dealings with the businesses.
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<BR>In order that this listing be as complete as possible I have been
<BR>charged by its creator, Sir Colin MacLear, to spread the word that
<BR>people within our Society may know of it and may seek to add their names
<BR>to the electronic scroll. We invite both businesses owned by SCA folk,
<BR>and SCA people who have skills they are willing to hire (or barter) to
<BR>add their names and skills to the database. We encourage SCA people to
<BR>look first to this source when they have a task they wish to hire
<BR>another to accomplish on their behalf. While there is a modest fee
<BR>associated with adding one's name and/or business to the web page to
<BR>cover things like the costs associated with its development and
<BR>maintenance, there are no fees for accessing the database in search of
<BR>someone with the skills you require. We grant permission to post this
<BR>missive onto other lists, that the word be further spread. I thank you
<BR>for your attention to my words and draw them to a close now that your
<BR>normal list discussion may resume.
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<BR>In Service to the Society,
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<BR>--Kareina
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