[Steppes] Ministry of Children

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Still getting away from the original point which was a name for the newsletter...although the ideas are sound and I like them.  Maybe not wolves, however, as there is a Clan/Household that uses that fairly widely in the kingdom.  And Grice does conflict with our own baronial Order of the Grice.  Going with the tree analogies: Twigs for the tots (since we can't use acorns), branches for the youth, and saplings for the teens.  Or why not ask some kids what THEY would like?
 
Saqra 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Black <kblack4 at hotmail.com>
To: steppes at ansteorra.org
Sent: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:11:57 +0000
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Ministry of Children


I like the Guild of the Oaken Star as an overall, however I'm wondering if we may wish to have some subgroups 
 
This may be a bad analogy but would it maybe make sense to have several different subgroups, in the way the girl guides or boy scouts do? Not sure on the designations in the states, but the little kids were beavers, then cub scouts, and scouts. 
 
Due to the wide age ranges of the children it's difficult to expect them all to want to be of the same group, or even focus on the same activities. As the children age, they'll certainly grow their own tastes, be they martial, arts, sciences or service and may very well wish to pursue those goals whereas the youngers ones would tend to be more interested in play activities. 
 
Breaking out the groups a little bit, could enhance the camarederie of the younger set, and allow for a more diverse workup. 
 
In a nutshell what I'm thinking would be an encompassing group called the Guild of the Oaken Star (I like that a lot the more I see it), with three different age breakouts and distinct names, such as growing gryce for the tots, academy of the young wolves for the youths, and heirs of the steppes for the teens. That way while all would be members of the Guild of the Oaken Star at any one point they'd either be: Gryce, Wolves or Heirs. 
 
> 
>Well, since the first award most of our youth would get is a Rising Star we 
>could go with Guild of the Oaken Star. :) 
> 
>Tokens could be a wood star, and if possible from Oak. 
> 
>A while ago we did have a youth organization. It was called the Academy of 
>the Young Wolves. You could always revive that group name. 
> 
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>: Too bad it is not kingdom wide. My first thought for that was Pride of 
>Ansteorra. :-) 
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>: Alasdair 
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