SR - Naming of the Southern Region

[Amanda Lewanski]

I understood this wasn't a formal deciding. If others also thought this was a
"narrowing of choices" poll rather than a "this is it" vote, they might not have
made a strenuous effort to return a ballot. Thus the paucity of ballot returns
may not necessarily indicate the true level of interest; plenty of people who
would want to be included in an Official Vote might not have bothered with the
Choice Narrowing Poll, figuring they'd vote later.

--Alisandre Oliphant

Brent Hanner wrote:

> Dottie Elliott wrote:
> >
> > After all a name is NOT going to build cohesiveness. Our activities
> > together as a region is what will make us a group that lives and works
> > together well.  Perhaps we should try again after we have held more
> > regional events together and have more experience working together.  If
> > other areas in the SCA and in Ansteorra can work well together and be
> > cohesive without any fancy names, we can too.
>
> While I agree that the vote count does show something, the statement
> that
> a name is not going to build cohesiveness is slightly off.  A
> Name(perhaps a device),
> like regional events, having leaders we are willing to instill trust in,
> having regional
> cohesion in sub activities, doing things as a region and supporting each
> other are all
> tools that help build cohesiveness.  One tool alone will not do it,
> some tools aren't
> necisary but the job may take alittle longer without them.  I think that
> each group should look to see what groups they are building
> cohiesiveness with and which ones they want
> cohesiveness with.  The people who worked to get a name vote wanted
> another tool
> to build cohiesiveness and the fact that the vote came back with some
> weak showing
> doesn't mean its still not a valid tool.
>
> I personally think that its all been gone about the wrong way.  To try
> and make
> an administrative region into something that is cohiesion is very
> difficult.
> Those groups that see cohiesion forming between themselves should talk
> and
> petition the crown to form a new region out of them or perhaps form some
> other
> form of entitiy.
>
> Peder
> --
> "I saw awaiting for me a knight. I recognized him at first sight-
>  Sir Reinprecht von Murecke, a name that all fair ladies should acclaim
>  for he made all of them his own and seldom ever slept alone."
>
> Service of Ladies by Ulrich von Lichtenstien
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