[MR] A fine set of definitions

[greg fabic]

I believe there should be a forth level of participation.....

4) The Burnt-Out Occasional Participant: This good gentle is a rare sight,
coming to events only for special occasions. S/he used to be a Dedicated
Participant, but through politics or burn-out, has lost most of their
enthusiasm. Most often, s/he had attained high office and accrued many
awards proceeding the burn-out. We are diminished by their absence.

Livia


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From: Rowanwald Central <rowanwald at sybercom.net>
Subject: [MR] A fine set of definitions

> "It seems to me there are ( and have been as long as I can recall) three
> levels of participation in the SCA.
> 1) The Occasional Participate: This gentle shows up, as the title
suggests,
> occasionally.  A regular at local events, s/he is rarely seen anywhere
else.
> A reasonable effort is made by the OP to blend in, and s/he owns enough
garb
> to make it through a weekend event (maybe).  S/he attends events to get
> away, meet with friends, and have a good time.  SCA politics,
organisation,
> etc.  do not interest her/him.  Many OP's stay at this stage, never
getting
> more involved than the occasional event or fighter practice.  This
> classification also holds the Newbies, people for whom the SCA is a new
and
> different thing, to be tested and tried before deciding whether to mature
> into the next classification...
> 2) The Regular Participate: This gentle is a more active participant.
S/he
> is known to own many sets of garb, has active interests in period
> activities, may hold a local office, and is generally up on the current
> socio-political situation in her/his area.  The workings of the SCA matter
> to her, and the SCA has taken a place of much greater prominence in
her/his
> life than the life of the OP.  Some/Most of these gentles hold
memberships,
> and a small percentage mature into...
> 3) The Dedicated Participant: We all know (and in many cases owe a great
> debt to) people in this class.  Here are the Crowns, Chivalry and Peerage.
> Here also are those who have yet to reach such lofty positions, but who
toil
> tirelessly at making the local/regional/kingdom level group function.
These
> are the gentles who have held office for so many years we've lost count...
> because SOMEONE has to do it.
> Now the point is, none of these classifications can exist independently.
> Each is maintained over time through the 'advancement' of those in lower
> classifications.  OP's become RP's and RP's become DP's.  Without
Occasional
> Participants, there can be no growth, and the organization would stagnate
> and die..."
> Edward R. Ewen, Jr
>
>
> Rosine
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