[Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea

Mon Feb 11 23:18:00 PST 2013

Thanx

I hope the translation from Pookaneeze to English was successful.

We may be already incorperating the ideas I typed.

Vigdis' concept of having them see/envision/ "picture" themselves as
us is the crucial/key concept that'll repopulate the SCA.

~100% Brilliant~

Contact Information reciprocity at that very moment, is how we get
them in amongst us.

Respect and Loving Gratitude,
Pooky ~  {insert envisage here}

De wei moet worden uitgedrukt voordat de kaas kan worden bereikt.
The whey must be expressed, before the cheese can be attained. ~ Dutch Proverb

"Love's lifelight dispels all shadows upon the path grown over with
truth." ~ Pooky

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Lee McGoodwin <ladyetienett at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well said, Pukmister.
>
> Love ya, Etienett
>
> From: Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovtsevich <pookyloves at gmail.com>
> To: The Loving Barony of Namron <namron at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:24 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea
>
> Huge with the wonderful!
>
> I've thought of 874 words to type but I'll try to paraphrase.
>
> I wish we could put a flier and contact info pamphlet in the hands of
> everyone that comes within 50 feet of the SCA at Medfair.
>
> I wish we could take people's picture in front of the cut out and
> their contact info, so we can give them a picture of themselves and
> have a member of ours who is a verbal word-smithe invite them to a
> populace meeting.
>
> I wish there were you-can-do-it-too artistic artisan activities they
> could get there hands on and create in ten minutes and take home with
> them and we get their contact info.
>
> It really just has to be a lack of them perceiving themselves as us
> and after that thought toggle goes *ping* they look down into their
> hand and see a flier that says "We do this all the time and you can
> too. We meet every week somewhere. Call BR549 and come join the fun"
> Family Friendly and Free.
>
> {I wish I had better Microsoft ___________ skills.}
>
> Future belly dancing class info and I-could-be-interested phone number
> collection sheet.
>
> We do really good at showing us and our cool activities. We really
> need to hone our "contact information exchange" skills.
>
> ALLLL these mundane folks that show up to the Medfair have more than
> at least a  passing interest in History stuff. We don't have to cull
> them out of of the world' population, they come to us. All I'm asking
> is 1% of them become SCAdians, each and every year.
>
>
> Respect and Loving Gratitude,
> Pooky ~  {type envisage here}
>
> De wei moet worden uitgedrukt voordat de kaas kan worden bereikt.
> The whey must be expressed, before the cheese can be attained. ~ Dutch
> Proverb
>
> "Love's lifelight dispels all shadows upon the path grown over with
> truth." ~ Pooky
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's my latest "can't sleep, guts are killing me, think about something
>> else" idea.  Not sure how it will sound in the morning, but right now I am
>> totally in love with it.
>>
>> I propose a hospitaler's area set up at Med Fair with a theme of "See
>> Yourself in the SCA."  This would include things like:
>> - painted boards with face cutouts, for photo props, for a variety of
>> familiar period characters (knight, king, queen, Viking, Mongol, Celt --
>> what else?).  There should be at least two for couples.  Maybe some short
>> ones for kids?  And some step stools so kids could get their faces in the
>> taller ones.  Running up the side of the picture you could label the
>> persona
>> (14th c. French noble / http://www.sca.org/).  Make it a really fun, free
>> souvenir.
>
>> I don't think these would be hard to make, and they'd be easy to store
>> year
>> to year if they had hinged or removable feet; they're just a sheet of
>> plywood.  There's nothing like this anywhere in the fair so it could be
>> really popular.  Maybe also a big sign saying, "sure, we'll take a picture
>> on your phone for you" and volunteers willing to do so.
>>
>> - photo albums of people having a fantastic time at events.  Lots of these
>> should be close-ups instead of just big group scenes where you don't see
>> individual faces.  Accompany these with text descriptions, perhaps in the
>> first person, e.g., "Lady Vigdis of Namron : Learning archery has been
>> amazing!  I was terrible when I started, but it was still a lot of fun,
>> and
>> I've really enjoyed watching myself get better at it." or "Sir Arthur
>> Fightsalot : There's just something about bashing your friends around that
>> really makes a weekend special." (Gotta work on the snappy quotes.)  Also
>> lots of photos of super beautiful pageantry, court, etc.
>>
>> - posters / display board / something else? with pictures of happy
>> friendly
>> people in garb, with "Why I Joined the SCA" or "Why I Love the SCA" snappy
>> quotes next to or underneath the photo.  These should be big enough and
>> the
>> font large enough that they will catch attention from 10 feet away and can
>> be read as you are walking past, or by someone too shy to walk right up to
>> the photo albums.  Make sure there is a wide variety both of reasons/text
>> and of physical types -- young, old, male, female, skinny, heavy,
>> able-bodied, disabled, etc.  Make it so every attendee can identify with
>> them, so they really can imagine themselves as part of our group.
>>
>> - a great big calendar for April, showing all of Namron & Wiesenfeuer's
>> activities & practices, so people can see how much there is to do besides
>> the big events.
>>
>> - a try-on area for garb, like they have at the Cowboy Museum or Harn
>> Homestead.  This could be another photo-op setup. This would be more work
>> &
>> take more volunteer assistance, not sure if it would be practical -- but
>> people love to try things on!
>>
>> In general, I want to catch people's attention, give them something fun to
>> do right on the spot, and then help them imagine themselves as a
>> participant
>> instead of an audience member.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Vigdis
>>
>>
>>
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