[MR] RE: Curia and Order Proposals

[Olwen the Odd]

 >POINT TWO - The Dolphins and Pearls, as members of polling orders, appear 
to
> >have unintentionally ratcheted-up the standards that they expect of
> >prospective new members to the point of being more difficult now for your
> >average Armiger to attain than ever before.  Though this is unfortunate, 
>it
> >is also something that is perfectly natural and should have been 
>predicted.
> >"I'm a member of a club that was hard to get into.  If I let just anybody
> >into that club, it will devalue my own membership and the work I did to 
>get
> >here.  Thus I hold them to as high a standard as I think I was held."  
>It's
> >human nature, nothing wrong with that, but it nonetheless manifests 
>itself
> >as an inexorable "raising of the bar".

Please allow me to apologize in advance and I did not mean to single out the 
poster of the above post but I have a small opinion on this subject.

I have deleted most of this thread because it seemed at first glance holding 
some merit of inquiry.  It seems to have come to a point of discussion that 
is something else.  Some prize to catch.  Some point to win.  Some title to 
hold.

I for one have no need of any of these.  I came to learn and play and make a 
new family and pass on what I may know.  Life as I hoped to find has been 
quite successful for me and most of those around me.  I learn something 
every time I get on line to one of the lists or meet with sisters and 
brothers in the society.  I get to show folks the silly and sometimes good 
things that I have learned.  I get to hug friends.  I get to dress up in 
costumes.  I get to do so many things I never even dreamed of doing 12 years 
ago when I came to the SCA.  For me the objective has been met.  Honestly if 
someone asked me to accept some Kingdom level honour, well....thanks....I 
already have what I came for.

Lady Olwen the Odd
Bright Hills


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