[Northkeep] Recruitment ideas

Thu Feb 7 06:12:30 PST 2013

GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  grumble grumble.....going inside to
put on my bermuda shorts and black socks with sandals now........

Ainar the Ancient.

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Tega <montega at gmail.com> wrote:

> They are awesome! I really love seeing them! Lots of fun and they all work
> hard to keep it going!
> Montega
>
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> On Feb 6, 2013, at 9:21 PM, "Ld.blackmoon" <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > greetings
> >
> > you chemin noir people are amazing , I wish I still had your energy and
> wasn't as cautious as age and mundanity have made me.
> > believe me , for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of meeting or
> working with the chemin noir people they really are a force to be reckoned
> with  = )
> >
> > Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
> > Arthur
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: ". ." <dimstow at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Barony of Northkeep Mailing List" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 5:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Recruitment ideas
> >
> >
> > Howdy,
> > This is going to be a bit long winded....sorry.
> > Recruitment has been a common (maybe the most common) conversation
> amongst those of us dedication ourselves to Chemin Noir. Being a small
> canton we, naturally, would like to expand and grow and recruitment is the
> natural evolution of that desire. But also many of us are in the unique
> position in the SCA of being...well...Young. This can be intimidating and
> omiting at times and is always at the forfront of conversation when we
> discuss recruitment. (I've often said that I feel like the friend at a
> family reunion, welcomed and appreciated, but just not quite part of the
> family, and I think that age is a big factor there.)
> >
> > That being said, I'm a recuring attendy of Tokyo in Tulsa, Like
> Laiodheach I work at the Med fair, and by golly if I ever have time and
> money I'm gonna hit the Trek expo. And I think all of these are fantastic
> ideas for recruitment.
> >
> > Setting up a booth at TnT, or (ideally) being able to demonstrate some
> fighting in that venue could and would expose us to exactly the audience
> that needs that exposure. But...there are some concerns there, the audience
> of TnT is fairly young, most attendies are gonna fall between 16-30 and
> some of them are just too imature to be able to seperate the SCA from your
> typical LARP. Also, and I mean this is the kindest and most loving way
> possible, North Keep is old. Age can be intimidating and it's hard to show
> how exciting the SCA can be when what they see is old men in pajama pants.
> (That was not a stab at Ainar, I promise)
> >
> > As for the Med fair, the gentlemen to owns the ground is, well there's
> not really a way to be nice about this, a flying jerk-on-a-stick. The odds
> of being able to do something at the faire are slim to none and if we chose
> to do it, it probably would not be a pleasent experiance. That being said
> there is no reason to not make a presence! When you go (Because me and
> Laiodheach are amazing and, you should come enjoy us in all our Ren-y
> glory) go in garb, wear your cornet, where your tunic, if people ask where
> you bought your dress tell them you made it yourself! Plugging the SCA for
> all it's worth was one of the best parts about working the Faire last year!
> >
> > But I main points I want to make on the subject are simple. Embrace a
> younger audience, Show the fun and excitement of the SCA, Allow us younger
> folk up in Chemin Noir to be a force towards letting more people in the SCA
> (but please god guide us, we need to help) and if and when they DO show up,
> continue it! Don't let newcomers sit in the corner, talk to them about
> anything or everything and break from your Cliques to do it.And make them
> feel like part of the family.
> > In Service
> > Micalle of Chemin Noir
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Jerry Herring <jherring68 at gmail.com>
> > To: Barony of Northkeep Mailing List <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 9:31 AM
> > Subject: [Northkeep] Recruitment ideas
> >
> > Greetings,
> > After some posts on the Kingdom list conversing about recruitment and
> > retention I wondered if our group might like to think about and discuss
> > some opportunities in those areas? There are two potential places where
> > recruitment might occur and I do not think that our Barony is currently
> > doing any active recruitment.
> >
> > 1.Tokyo in Tulsa - August 2nd-4th, 2013. This could be is a huge venue
> for
> > the SCA to make a presentation. The people attending this convention
> > already have an interest in costuming and many of the younger players in
> > Chemin Noire and Northkeep are familiar with the event. If the Barony
> were
> > to stage a demonstration, or just man a booth at this convention it is my
> > thought that would generate a good deal of interest in what we do. The
> > booth might be manned by our members working on needle work, weaving,
> > leather work, making jewelry, crafting chain-mail. These are just
> thoughts
> > that I had. The follow up for this could be a two or three part ordeal;
> > first a medieval costuming seminar to help teach those interested how to
> > make some period apropriate clothes, a combo fighter practice\armor
> making
> > session for those interested in the martial arts, and an old fashioned
> > revel with a bardic sing along and food.
> >
> > 2. Trek Expo - June 21st -23rd 2013. Another huge venue for finding
> people
> > potentially interested in the SCA. Although I do not know if it would be
> > possible to arrange a full demo this might be a place where just having a
> > booth or convention table set up to pass out flyers and present A&S
> skills
> > might be a good way to go, If nothing else these kinds of events have a
> > printed program where a full page or partial page add might generate a
> good
> > deal of interest. As a follow up for this we could plan a mid-summers
> > themed revel.
> >
> > Now if getting together a group of local members with enough interest to
> > man these events then what about pulling together a smaller contingent to
> > attend each of these events in costume and while attending casually
> > distributing flyers and answering questions from interested parties. Any
> > efforts along these lines however grand or small might draw in a new
> > generation of SCA players.
> >
> > I look forward to hearing your ideas on this subject.
> >
> > Kindly
> > Ian
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