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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Agreed Allen, after making the 6 or 7 dozen loaner arrow sets last year, I would take some offense if someone said that as well. Also it is important to make sure they understand what they are getting to use. I have seen on occasion new folks take it for granted but overall they are as cautious as new folks can be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Janyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Allen Miller <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 31, 2011 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Garth G. Groff ; Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Archers] Loaner gear<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On the other hand you do not want a new commer feeling guilty about losing valuable equipment. i try to reassuer new commers that we expect arrows to become lost or broken and we cna and will replace it as needed. on the other hand it is encumbent on us to welcome new commers with good safe servicable equipment. i also like to tell my new commers that loner equipment is basic generic equipment to help them to not be worried that they are risking damage to highly valuable equipment. ---------- Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile phone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Garth G. Groff <br>Sent: 1/31/2011 5:49:13 PM <br>To: Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <br>Subject: [Archers] Loaner gear <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Noble Friends of the Bow,<br><br>Recently I overheard an archer tell a first-time guest who was agonizing <br>over losing an arrow not to worry because our loaner gear was all junk, <br>and nobody cares about it anyway. I was shocked, and started to respond, <br>but fortunately backed off so as not to cause a scene in front of the <br>guest. The archer was wrong, and it was personally insulting to me, and <br>would be insulting to the guest if she got the idea we only offered <br>trash to newcomers.<br><br>The bows my group issues to guests may be old, but they are maintained <br>in the best condition possible. All those bows had all just been <br>inspected in a general maintenance session the weekend before (and were <br>inspected again when issued that day), strings were checked and waxed, <br>and brace heights adjusted. I also regularly clean our bows to remove <br>gunk from the grips and limbs. Our arrows are as good as I shoot, since <br>I made most of them myself, and they are repaired or replaced whenever <br>they become worn or damaged.<br><br>I'm sure that many of you who also maintain your group's loaner gear to <br>high standards. I hope so. But I have seen the loaner garb some groups <br>offer, and indeed drew a few pieces from that source when I first <br>started playing. It was pretty awful, mostly stuff that was ripped up <br>and should have been used for rags. I've also seen some loaner gear that <br>is offered to heavy fighters which was an embarrassment, and stuffed <br>into a barrel where it was getting further damage.<br><br>My point in bringing this up is not to toot my own horn, but rather to <br>get all of us thinking about our attitudes toward our equipment, <br>especially the stuff we offer to guests, and thus to inspire us all to <br>keep our loaner equipment and garb in the best possible condition. There <br>is a lot of hand wringing and pontificating these days about how we are <br>going to attract new members to keep our society going. You can't do <br>that if you insult newcomers.<br><br>I invite comment and discussion.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br><br>Lord Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Archers mailing list<br>Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br><a href="http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org">http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>