[MR] Newcomer's Badges & Stuff

[chrissings at juno.com]

Actually my Lady, we did not come to any conclusions.  We decided to
table the idea until after Pennsic.

Arianna

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:46:06 -0400 "Jeanne" <jeanne at atasteofcreole.com>
writes:
> This was discussed extensively on the chatelaine's list.  If memory 
> serves
> the basic conclusion was not to have badges but have troll ask if 
> they were
> new, ask everyone, and give them a list/scavenger hunt type to look 
> for
> certain personages and introduce themselves.
> 
> Soffya
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org]On Behalf Of 
> chrissings at juno.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:48 PM
> To: JBRMM266 at aol.com
> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] Newcomer's Badges & Stuff
> 
> 
> Thanks for sharing your story Donal.  We have a local newcomer who
> exhibited a great deal of initiative by reading the entire Known 
> World
> Handbook before she contacted us, researched and constructed some 
> lovely
> garb to wear to her first event, and was so well informed that we 
> could
> not believe she was new to the Society.
> Fortunately, the members of the local group greeted her warmly and 
> made
> her feel welcome even though it was not obvious that she was a 
> Newcomer.
> 
> The "newcomer's badge idea" is one of the many projects that this 
> office
> is working on.
> 
> We (the local Chatelaines and I) were thinking of a simple blue 
> ribbon
> with a white key painted on or a key charm of some sort.  Any 
> additional
> ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> A question to "Atlantian Pewter casters" how costly would it be to
> produce small pewter keys for such a purpose? (please respond to me
> privately at chrissings at juno.com).
> 
> As a basic rule...if you see someone at an event that you don't know
> smile, say hello and introduce yourself.  Even if the person isn't 
> new to
> the SCA, it never hurts to exchange a friendly greeting...who 
> knows...you
> may end up with a new friend.
> 
> 
> Yours in Service,
> Baroness Arianna Morgan
> Chatelaine, Kingdom of Atlantia
> 
> On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 15:57:24 -0400 JBRMM266 at aol.com writes:
> > At my first event (East Kingdom XII Night, AS VIII) I had a rather
> > intriguing problem.
> >
> > I had what for then was a pretty good outfit (I'd made it the day
> > before, sound familiar?) and having studied Shakespeare, I was
> > "speaking forsoothly" with little effort (in those days that was
> > given more points than now).  When asked whence I came, I told 
> them
> > I was from the then-incipient shire of Thescorre and that it was 
> my
> > first event.
> >
> > No one believed me.  They thought I was playing coy, I guess.
> >
> > I had a good time anyway, but I always smile when I hear people 
> tell
> > of going to a first event rather well turned out as a result of
> > research or generosity, and no one realizing (or for that matter
> > believing ) that they're new . . .
> >
> > I don't suppose some sort of "first-timer" badge would be in 
> order.
> > Something that folks would recognize but wouldn't look too 
> glaring?
> >
> > Your servant
> > Donal
> >
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