<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Vigdis,</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Excellent idea. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Bear & I are planning a newbie thing the Sat after Med Fair (April 13), as well as the get together March 2. We want to try and help keep the attrition rate down after the Fair. Many people show interest at Med Fair, but find they don't really have the time, while others discover it isn't what they thought, then there is the small percentage that REALLY want to get involved. These are our "lost" brothers and sisters that we all want to encourage and help along as much as possible.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>If anyone has ideas for the April very-newbie get together, let us know.</span></div><div> </div><div>In Service to the
Dream,</div><div>Lady Etienett</div><div> </div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Cynthia Teague <cmt1708@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Barony of Namron Mailing List <namron@lists.ansteorra.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:49 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Namron] Growing the Barony<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1202100818">Greetings, all. This evening I listened to His Majesty's presentation which was essentially the same as the one he gave at Red Tape last weekend. It's somewhat disheartening to look at the numbers -- event attendance and number of groups both down by a third over the last six or seven years. <br>
<div><br></div><div>But it did get me thinking about possible steps. I know many people are thinking about Gulf War right now, but after that comes Med Fair and the spring eventing season - prime time to cultivate new or returning members. What if we made a special effort before Med Fair to reach out to people with whom we've had contact -- prospective members who never quite joined, or members who have drifted away from the barony -- and invited them to join us there, to watch the fighting and hang out for a while? And then we could encourage them to come to Beltane .... Surely each of can think of a person or two to contact. Whaddya think? I've already sent out a couple of "hey, haven't seen you for a while" messages which might or might not bear fruit. (And if this sort of thing happens already, cool. )</div>
<div><br></div>Vigdis<span></span>
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