<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Well said, Pukmister.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Love ya, Etienett</span></div><div><br></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> Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovtsevich <pookyloves@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Loving Barony of Namron <namron@ansteorra.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 11, 2013 11:24 PM<br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea<br> </font> </div> <br>
Huge with the wonderful!<br><br>I've thought of 874 words to type but I'll try to paraphrase.<br><br>I wish we could put a flier and contact info pamphlet in the hands of<br>everyone that comes within 50 feet of the SCA at Medfair.<br><br>I wish we could take people's picture in front of the cut out and<br>their contact info, so we can give them a picture of themselves and<br>have a member of ours who is a verbal word-smithe invite them to a<br>populace meeting.<br><br>I wish there were you-can-do-it-too artistic artisan activities they<br>could get there hands on and create in ten minutes and take home with<br>them and we get their contact info.<br><br>It really just has to be a lack of them perceiving themselves as us<br>and after that thought toggle goes *ping* they look down into their<br>hand and see a flier that says "We do this all the time and you can<br>too. We meet every week somewhere. Call BR549 and come join the fun"<br>Family Friendly and
Free.<br><br>{I wish I had better Microsoft ___________ skills.}<br><br>Future belly dancing class info and I-could-be-interested phone number<br>collection sheet.<br><br>We do really good at showing us and our cool activities. We really<br>need to hone our "contact information exchange" skills.<br><br>ALLLL these mundane folks that show up to the Medfair have more than<br>at least a passing interest in History stuff. We don't have to cull<br>them out of of the world' population, they come to us. All I'm asking<br>is 1% of them become SCAdians, each and every year.<br><br><br>Respect and Loving Gratitude,<br>Pooky ~ {type envisage here}<br><br>De wei moet worden uitgedrukt voordat de kaas kan worden bereikt.<br>The whey must be expressed, before the cheese can be attained. ~ Dutch Proverb<br><br>"Love's lifelight dispels all shadows upon the path grown over with<br>truth." ~ Pooky<br><br><br>On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Cynthia Teague
<<a href="mailto:cmt1708@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:cmt1708@gmail.com">cmt1708@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Here's my latest "can't sleep, guts are killing me, think about something<br>> else" idea. Not sure how it will sound in the morning, but right now I am<br>> totally in love with it.<br>><br>> I propose a hospitaler's area set up at Med Fair with a theme of "See<br>> Yourself in the SCA." This would include things like:<br>> - painted boards with face cutouts, for photo props, for a variety of<br>> familiar period characters (knight, king, queen, Viking, Mongol, Celt --<br>> what else?). There should be at least two for couples. Maybe some short<br>> ones for kids? And some step stools so kids could get their faces in the<br>> taller ones. Running up the side of the picture you could label the persona<br>> (14th c. French noble / <a href="http://www.sca.org/"
target="_blank">http://www.sca.org/</a>). Make it a really fun, free souvenir.<br>> I don't think these would be hard to make, and they'd be easy to store year<br>> to year if they had hinged or removable feet; they're just a sheet of<br>> plywood. There's nothing like this anywhere in the fair so it could be<br>> really popular. Maybe also a big sign saying, "sure, we'll take a picture<br>> on your phone for you" and volunteers willing to do so.<br>><br>> - photo albums of people having a fantastic time at events. Lots of these<br>> should be close-ups instead of just big group scenes where you don't see<br>> individual faces. Accompany these with text descriptions, perhaps in the<br>> first person, e.g., "Lady Vigdis of Namron : Learning archery has been<br>> amazing! I was terrible when I started, but it was still a lot of fun, and<br>> I've really enjoyed watching myself get
better at it." or "Sir Arthur<br>> Fightsalot : There's just something about bashing your friends around that<br>> really makes a weekend special." (Gotta work on the snappy quotes.) Also<br>> lots of photos of super beautiful pageantry, court, etc.<br>><br>> - posters / display board / something else? with pictures of happy friendly<br>> people in garb, with "Why I Joined the SCA" or "Why I Love the SCA" snappy<br>> quotes next to or underneath the photo. These should be big enough and the<br>> font large enough that they will catch attention from 10 feet away and can<br>> be read as you are walking past, or by someone too shy to walk right up to<br>> the photo albums. Make sure there is a wide variety both of reasons/text<br>> and of physical types -- young, old, male, female, skinny, heavy,<br>> able-bodied, disabled, etc. Make it so every attendee can identify with<br>> them, so they
really can imagine themselves as part of our group.<br>><br>> - a great big calendar for April, showing all of Namron & Wiesenfeuer's<br>> activities & practices, so people can see how much there is to do besides<br>> the big events.<br>><br>> - a try-on area for garb, like they have at the Cowboy Museum or Harn<br>> Homestead. This could be another photo-op setup. This would be more work &<br>> take more volunteer assistance, not sure if it would be practical -- but<br>> people love to try things on!<br>><br>> In general, I want to catch people's attention, give them something fun to<br>> do right on the spot, and then help them imagine themselves as a participant<br>> instead of an audience member.<br>><br>> What do you think?<br>><br>> Vigdis<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Namron mailing list<br>> <a
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