[MR] Your suggestions please

[Gina Shelley]

Well, i've been kvetching about having to eat under flourescent lights for years. 

One thing that made me return was the magical aura of the feasthall at night. It was a TIME MACHINE. Now, we're a bunch of dorks in costumes sitting around a gymnasium. However, I am a lone voice crying in the wilderness in that regard. 
 
Second thing that brought me back was the way I was treated. People thirty years ago made sure newcomers had a great time and felt welcome. I realize we have all sorts of things set up for that nowdays that we didn't have back then. They don't seem to be as effective as good old fashioned social inclusion. I hear over and over and over "Well, we tried to get involved years ago, and everyone was so cliquish and it was hard to connect so we just gave up." I heard it once again from a good friend a WoW (btw, Charlotte...my friend and his wife are now involved locally because of you guys. He says you all are very cool and very welcoming, so great job. Thanks for taking care of my friends.)
 
I wish I had a nickle for every time I have heard that newcomers did not feel welcome. And it makes me sad, because I know most of the locals around here are not like that. They are great folks. So I don't get it. 
 
Anyways, I gotta get off here and get to work. Have a good weekend. ;-)
 
Dulcy
 

> 
> Greetings all - I need your help.
> 
> I would like to hear some of your suggestions on how we can work together 
> to create the middleages in a better way.  What can we do now to make our events 
> seem more like they would have if they had truly been held in period.   
> 
> Think back to when you were new to our Society.  What was it that made you come 
> back time after time?
> 
> Please email your responses to me at Elizabetsca at ymail.com.  
> 
> Elizabet
> 
> Elizabet de Roslyne
> Kingdom Chatelaine
> House Askoldssonn, Atlantia
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