[Ravensfort] Enough...

[Lochlann .]

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     Bravo Simon, well said.  I agree that Ragan is not our only problem when
it comes to scaring off newbies.  In truth I've don't recall any incident
where a newbie was scared off by Ragan, scared of him maybe, but not scared
off by him.

    Generally new people are not "scared off", they are treated like garbage
by some "know-it-all" or are ignored compleatly and leave feeling disgusted,
hurt, and thinking that they are unwelcome in the group.

   I am thinking of one incident in particular where a friend of mine had just
arrived on site and was berated quite vehemently about not being in garb.  If
the peer in question had shut their trap for a moment they would have found
out that my friend had Ren-garb which she was going to put on as soon as she
got her tent up.  That was three years ago.  To the best of my knowledge she
hasn't come back.  She would have made a fine addition to our baroney.

   Now, to be fair, our barony has less of a problem with this then other
baronys (or so I've heard) but that doesn't make it right.  And yes, I will
admit a small part of me twinged a few times when I saw people wandering
around "nekkid" but that didn't stop me from saying 'hi'.

   So, here's the deal.  That which does not grow, dies.  I, for one, will not
let this barony die.  House Pharus has brought new people to every R.F. event
for the last two years (since we became a household) I now challenge the other
R.F. households to start bringing new people. At least one per event.

   The gauntlet has been thrown.



     Ld. Lochlann McGruer

       Primus

   House Pharus
>From: "Joy Midkiff"
>Reply-To: ravensfort at ansteorra.org
>To: ravensfort at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Enough...
>Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 15:54:42 +0000
>
>
>It WOULD be nice to pretend that ragan was our only problem, indead
>the
>sca's ONLY problem when it comes to keeping newcomers but in truth,
>he is
>not. The first two years of being in the sca seems to ALWAYS draw
>the
>(&%$^%$*&&%&^)s. Its good to point out the phanomonon that there
>are and
>will always be people who attack newbies for bad/no garb, etc. Its
>WRONG,
>but until people grow up it'll always be that way. And i must say,
>though
>im SURE he HAS scared many a person, and although i dont think ragan
>will
>ever act like we would like him too, Ragan was one of the FEW people
>who was
>ALWAYS nice to me when I was a newbie. He was one of the people who
>got me
>to stay in the sca until i could find my own footing, and there were
>ALOT of
>MEAN people in ravens fort and outside of ravens fort who tried run
>me off.
>Instead of spawning MORE childish bickering, I would LIKE to think
>that this
>being pointed out would cause us to examine how WE personally veiw
>and treat
>newbies, and what WE could do to help our barony more newbie
>frendly. Our
>baron and baroness is determined that we grow in size during their
>reign.
>Lets see what WE can do to help in their efforts to attract and KEEP
>anyone
>who may be interested in joining us. After all, although some of us
>may
>have a HARD time remembering it, WE were all once newbies too.
>
>in service,
>
>-joy midkiff
>simon orom
>


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