This is from the Red Tape list and is part of a discussion about Seneschals & Autocrats. I thought it was interesting and asked Michael Silverhands if it was ok to post it on our list. Read what Michael has to say about a group...<br><br>Devin<br><br><b><i>Michael Silverhands <silverhands@sbcglobal.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Michael Silverhands <silverhands@sbcglobal.net><br>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:29:23 -0500<br>To: Officers of Ansteorra <redtape@lists.ansteorra.org><br>Subject: Re: [Redtape] Seneschal and Autocrat<br><br> On Jul 23, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Donna Nesbit wrote:<br>> That's right "Remember Torre de los Brazos" as we are in the midst <br>> of trying to revive ourselves.<br>><br>> Penelope<br>><br><br>Yay! Good luck! :-)<br><br>I still have very fond memories of the group, including the event at
<br>which Torre was officially declared a Shire by the Crown. Gwaelyn, <br>the "Round Mound of Sound" as he called himself (quite deservedly, <br>too!), was heralding court. When he got to the "Vivat"s, he cried for <br>all within 5 counties to hear, "Vivat the Incipient Barony of Torre <br>de los Brazos!" :-)<br><br>Just remember the lessons of the past... if you're going to have a <br>successful group that's going to last, you need more than 6 people <br>who are willing to work at it.<br><br>I used to use the metaphor of a hay-ride when I gave Seneschal <br>classes a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Playing in the SCA <br>is like riding in the wagon. But someone has to pull it. That's the <br>volunteers, officers, autocrats, peers, nobles, etc. -- in short, <br>everyone who takes a hand at pulling the wagon. And those folks have <br>to get to ride in the wagon from time to time, or sooner or later <br>they'll get tired of it and find something else to
do. If nobody else <br>is willing to step up and help pull the wagon, then the life of the <br>group can be measured by the time it takes to wear out those 6 folks.<br><br>Kind regards and sincere wishes for success,<br>Michael<br>_______________________________________________<br>Redtape mailing list<br>Redtape@lists.ansteorra.org<br>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/redtape-ansteorra.org<br></blockquote><br><p>
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