[Northkeep] Demo, party of 1, your table is ready...

[Alton lePeto]

Hey I feel your pain!  During my stint as Demo Coord/Hospitaler I was once 
the only person to show up for a Boy Scout Demo.  I spent a wonderful 2 
hours sitting in armour letting a collection of little no neck monsters hit 
me with a piece of rattan.  My disgust eventually mellowed to mild nausea.

Ya gotta love those volunteer "organizations" hehe!


Alton
(yes, I was once a boy scout so I feel ok about calling them "little no neck 
monsters")


>From: Anawyn at aol.com
>Reply-To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
>To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
>Subject: [Northkeep] Demo, party of 1, your table is ready...
>Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:17:45 EST
>
>OK, it is past 3:00 PM now, just got home, because I was the only one at 
>the
>Grissom demo scheduled for 2:00 - Zahava'a phone number in the farspeaker
>shows disconnected, so what's going on? They were definitely looking for 
>us, I
>spoke to 3 people who were in charge of things, and they were really 
>eagerly
>awaiting: "by the way, where are the rest of your group?" Finally had to 
>tell
>them, I don't know.
>  I don't mind doing a demo alone, as long as there is a venue for that, 
>but
>they were certainly expecting more. It is embarrassing to be part of a 
>group
>that had a fairly simple commitment, and failed to live up to it, big time.
>As a group, we are not always able to fulfill all the demo requests we
>receive, and that's fine. We all have jobs and prior appointments or places 
>we have
>to be, or want to be, instead. It is no shame to have to tell whoever is
>requesting our presence, that we are sorry, we do not have any takers for 
>your
>program at this time, but thank you for asking.
>As a nonprofit organization, the SCA has a commitment to the community at
>large for public works. We are not able to maintain our status without 
>that. That
>cannot be overstated, and certainly needs to be taken seriously, folks.
>Anawyn
>Who is pretty much disgusted

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