<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I think that's this is an awesome Idea. Also as the busy tourney season picks up maybe we can put out a "share a ride" list and make going to events more cost effective to everyone and see if we can't get numbers up that way to. I know I'd be willing to take my vehicle and share rides to help in growth. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Feb 1, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Kirsten Pupek <<a href="mailto:dnk_p@hotmail.com">dnk_p@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Greetings all,<br>I think that Vigdis makes a great point here. It is everyone's responsibility to be hospitaler's for the SCA so if you know someone who used to play and hasn't been around in a while or someone who thought of playing but didn't ever quite join, call them. Invite them to Medfaire. Invite them to Beltaine. Let's see if we can generate some interest. <br>YIS,<br>HE Caterina<br> <br> <br>Message: 5<br>Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:49:52 -0600<br>From: Cynthia Teague <<a href="mailto:cmt1708@gmail.com">cmt1708@gmail.com</a>><br>To: Barony of Namron Mailing List <<a href="mailto:namron@lists.ansteorra.org">namron@lists.ansteorra.org</a>><br>Subject: [Namron] Growing the Barony<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CABC=HykLBqaNj8pTp40EuWrkiQUCLUCTxH4u4mSJrjkkt=9cqg@mail.gmail.com">CABC=HykLBqaNj8pTp40EuWrkiQUCLUCTxH4u4mSJrjkkt=9cqg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br> <br>Greetings, all. This evening I listened to His Majesty's presentation which<br>was essentially the same as the one he gave at Red Tape last weekend. It's<br>somewhat disheartening to look at the numbers -- event attendance and<br>number of groups both down by a third over the last six or seven years.<br> <br>But it did get me thinking about possible steps. I know many people are<br>thinking about Gulf War right now, but after that comes Med Fair and the<br>spring eventing season - prime time to cultivate new or returning members.<br>What if we made a special effort before Med Fair to reach out to people<br>with whom we've had contact -- prospective members who never quite joined,<br>or members who have drifted away from the barony -- and invited them to<br>join us there, to watch the fighting and hang out for a while? And then we<br>could encourage them to come to Beltane .... Surely each of can think of a<br>person or two to contact. Whaddya think? I've already sent out a couple of<br>"hey, haven't seen you for a while" messages which might or might not bear<br>fruit. (And if this sort of thing happens already, cool. )<br> <br>Vigdis<br> </div>
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