[Steppes] Fw: [Elfsea] not period, newcomer intro

[Virginia Gatling]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Virginia Gatling" <ginlee at cnbcom.net>
To: "Barony of Elfsea" <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Elfsea] not period, newcomer intro


> Greetings and Welcome to Ansteorra Rua,
>
> Volunteerism...are you going to the Rose Tourney in November? I need 
> help -
> all sort of help..set-up, feast stuff and many other items that need to be
> done. I pay well, provide sustenance and support. If you are able please
> volunteer to be part of my work crew! Please, pretty please!
>
> Anyone else interested in volunteering for my work crews? I will see that
> you get word fame, you will be fed well and I may have largess available 
> as
> well. I need people for set-up and for help with all aspects of kitchen 
> help
> and servers in addition to those the feast-o-crat has already retained.
>
> All interested e-mail me and sign up to VOLUNTEER.
>
> In need of more help,
> Countess Regina
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Miss I Brow" <starstruck503 at hotmail.com>
> To: <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elfsea] not period, newcomer intro
>
>
>> Greetings, all!  I am new to your fair Barony and wish to introduce
>> myself,
>> as well as address the question posed by the Duchess Willow de Wisp:
>>
>> Mundanely I go by the name Mary Ann Brower.  In the society, I am called
>> rua, which is Gaelic for red.  My society name, known to very few, is 
>> Lady
>> Mairi Besswicke.  I am suffer (gladly) from chronic volunteerism and want
>> to
>> be able to do *everything* passably well.  At present my interests
>> include,
>> calligraphy and illumination, working with glass (lampwork and stained
>> glass), bobbin lace, cooking, astrology, hammered dulcimer, apprentice
>> chirurgeon and the late Tudor/early Elizabethan era.  Past interests,
>> which
>> may or may not be revived sponaneously, include rapier, spinning, 
>> weaving,
>> natural dyes, smithing, embroidery/teneriffe lace, jewelry making,
>> solelties, heavy weapons, herbals/oils, soapmaking, runes/tarot, and
>> Middle
>> Eastern and European dance.  Actually, there is little I am not 
>> interested
>> in, only things I haven't had time or opportunity to try yet.
>>   I am not generally one to be in charge of projects/groups, but shine as
>> support, so please invite me to join your workforce!
>>
>> Now to answer the posed question:
>> I personally find myself responding to the person who shows a real
>> interest
>> in what I am doing, and somewhere in the conversation, after determining
>> that I *am* interested in "being period" makes a few casual suggestions.
>> I
>> hold the the adage that it is easier to do it right than not, as the
>> medieval indset was usually into getting it done and not into 
>> complicating
>> things.  Perhaps a good way of doing it would be to invite the people to
>> do
>> some research with a group, so everyone can benefit and learn without
>> being
>> singled out?  It's hard to tell as a newcomer whether you will want to be
>> competitive with your workor not, and there is enough game for people of
>> both schools of thought, but it is helpful to know the rules so you can
>> decide whether you want to break/ignore them.  Sometimes seeing the work
>> of
>> others and seeing the accolades being given out might spark an interest 
>> in
>> being PC (period correct).  Just random thoughts...
>>
>>>We need to tell people the rules of the game, but we need to do it in
>>>a nice way. Does anyone remember a time when someone set you on the
>>>right path and did in a way that made you feel good? I would like to
>>>hear about their techniques. Courtesy is one of the pillars of the
>>>magic that is Ansteorra. We are smart people. We need to figure out
>>>how to tell people things without hurting their feelings.
>>>Duchess Willow de Wisp
>>>
>>>
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