[Steppes] Re: training new autocrats/officers

[Wilim Penbras]

The tradition in Elfsea seems to work well.  A new Autocrat is teamed with an experienced autocrat and they are both advised by one of Elfsea's Keystones.  There is also a preference for trying to have a percentage of co-ordinators, doing something they've never co-ordinated before.

Replace "Elfsea's Keystones" with "Steppes' Oaks" and it probably translates fairly well.

Wilim
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Hrldsmn at aol.com
Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:40:30 EDT

>In a message dated 6/26/01 8:50:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>mordockvonrugen at hotmail.com writes:
>
>> And might I suggest one more objective?  Training and supporting at least
>>  two new autocrats this coming year.  I'm talking people who have never
>>  autocratted or held an office.  We need to foster our new blood, and we
>need
>>  to train folks as they come into the SCA, if we are going to grow.  Let's
>>  concentrate on getting new folks into office, autocrating events, and so
>on,
>>  so we can tap into their fresh insights, energetic approaches, and new
>>  visions.
>
>The best way to achieve this is to pair a new(er) person with an experienced
>autocrat or officer as a deputy. That way we train a new person without
>throwing them into an unfamiliar situation completely unprepared and
>unguided. The new(er) person would have the chance to learn how we do things
>and have a better forum to interact with more longtime members of the group.
>
>Edwin
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