[Ponte Alto] Where and how to recruit.

Fri Apr 27 08:38:14 PDT 2007

James,
The Fairfax County Library in Chantilly has lots of outdoor space.  Plus, it is very near the corner of Rt50 and Stringfellow Rd, so lots of passers by.  On the other side of the library has some little league fields and Chantilly High School is across the street.  I don't know if its outside our boarders so we might be able to do a joint demo with whoever has those lands.

Sian
---- james barker <flonzy at hotmail.com> wrote: 

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Anime cons are not a bad idea except they cost a ton to get into. Looks like 
there are two in Crystal City in the fall.

As to week day daytime demos for kids they are not meant to be recruitment 
but educational for kids doing medieval studies. I like to go in there and 
break some of the myths about the middle ages and get kids interested in 
history.

Now the small demo we had last month at Georgetown U might get us some 
recruits next year but the school year is coming to a close for now so I 
doubt many of those students will come out until fall.

Last year we did demos for the county library system, I have the lady in 
charges email and phone number still, anyone know of a good library with 
some grounds big enough for us so we could do a weekend demo in the summer 
to try and attract member?

James

----Original Message Follows----
From: R B <catch_the_dragon at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: The Barony of Ponte Alto <ponte-alto at atlantia.sca.org>
To: The Barony of Ponte Alto <ponte-alto at atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: [Ponte Alto] Where and how to recruit.
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:50:20 -0700 (PDT)

I can put together a list like the one below, and I
can contact the businesses too.  I had an internship
where that was basically the sort of thing I did.  (If
anyone knows where I can get a job that pays for doing
that sort of thing, let me know?)  Finding places to
recruit people from in Northern Virginia is actually
the easy part, I imagine.

Knowing what to say to recruit people might take some
coordination and practice in the group.  Yes, heavy
fighters put on armor and hit each other with large
sticks.  People who recruit (I think) should emphasize
that this is not all SCA members do!

Coordinating schedules is also difficult.  So far
demos seem to always be during the week and in the
middle of the day.  Then a request goes out on the
list for people to volunteer.  It would be easier to
start out with a list of people who want to volunteer
and what times they are available.  Especially for
retail locations where more customers will show up on
evenings and weekends.

Do we have to have fighting demos to recruit people?
Could we have a couple of people standing around in
armor/garb just explaining what we do?  I certainly
think so.

3 Skulls is a household up in New York that does
security (and demos) at a big science fiction
convention called I Con.  I don't know if that sort of
activity would work for Ponte Alto, but the SCA should
have an official presence at that sort of thing.
AnimeUSA

(http://www.animeusa.org/location.php)

was even local back in November.  Even if a number of
people find anime abhorrent, the spring is full of
other events it would make sense to piggyback off of.
There are county fairs and I think a celtic fest
somewhere near.  What about farmer's markets?  I saw
Black Spear doing a demo at a Medieval Times
restaurant.

Strategically placed fliers explaining about practice
in Pimmit Park could get some people to show up who
might be interested.  Also, let us not ignore the
power of the internet ad banner on sites viewed by
local people such as on livejournal, okcupid, personal
websites and the like.

YIS,

Ruth.
301-524-7684

PS  I didn't hear about the SCA until I was 22.  Where
were you guys?  :-(

--- guylestran at aol.com wrote:

 > An SCA member who will be moving to the Fort Mead
 > Aree came up with this plan try try and get enough
 > people to fill two triads.  Well really 4 people
 > since he and his wife are fighting.
 >
 > I wonder if we have done this sort of research into
 > Ponte Alto and takn a more organized aspect to
 > recruitment.  I noticed there was a comic book thing
 > in Tysons Cornor every monthor so.  Is this the sort
 > of thing we want to get the word out at.
 >
 > What kind of ideas do we have.  Is there anyplce
 > around Goerge Mason (thought I would think they are
 > going into finals) where we could practice in where
 > people could see us.  While our park is well
 > estabished it doesn't seem to help our numbers.
 >
 > What sort of ideas does everyone have?
 >
 > Do we have any sort of flyers we could give out
 > during the practice on Sunday?
 >
 > Sir Guy
 >
 > see below Lord Will's plan.
 >
 > <<We would recruit for the Baronâ€™s Bunch, AFTER
 > the additional three sets of armour are done and
 > ready to be put on people. We won't recruit until
 > we're ready to put people actually in the Baron's
 > Bunch loaner armour. The draw would be that newbies
 > can just step right into the armour and fight with
 > us at the triad practices as a "test drive".
 > Weâ€™d advertise at the seven movie theaters and ten
 > comic book shops to capitalize on the romanticism of
 > fighting.
 > Weâ€™d advertise at the gyms to focus on the
 > exercise of fighting.
 > Weâ€™d advertise at the malls and schools to get the
 > masses. Possibly a demo would even be good. I could
 > work it with the schools for the historical aspect
 > and the malls for the "mass-draw" aspect of free
 > advertising ("Come watch the fight!").
 > Weâ€™d advertise at the police forces to get people
 > who are trained in shield wall tactics, but might
 > not get a chance to use them as much as theyâ€™d
 > like. This would also be our in with the local
 > government. If someone complains about us the police
 > we have in the triads can say weâ€™re OK and weâ€™re
 > training for riot control sort of.
 > Weâ€™d advertise at the archery range to see if we
 > can get combat archers. I know that people donâ€™t
 > like combat archers, but it would be so we can focus
 > on the combined arms concept of warfare. Maybe we
 > could even get some siege engine people out of it.
 >
 > Within a 10 mile radius there are:
 > Movie Theaters (7):
 > Muvico Egyptian 24 - 7000 Arundel Mills Cir,
 > Hanover, MD (443) 755-8992
 > Cinema Depot LLC, 8955 Henkels Ln, Annapolis Jct,
 > MD, (301) 604-0894
 > Pasadena Theatre Co Inc 8377 Jumpers Hole Rd,
 > Millersville, MD (410) 975-0200
 > Jumpers Cinemas 8120 Jumpers Hole Rd, Pasadena, MD
 > (410) 768-9999
 > Movies At Marley Station 7900 Ritchie Hwy, Glen
 > Burnie, MD (410) 760-3300
 > U A Marley Station 8 7900 Governor Ritchie Hwy, Glen
 > Burnie, MD (410) 760-3300
 > Stagefront Tickets Inc 14502 Greenview Drive,
 > Laurel, MD (800) 250-2525
 > Gyms (10)
 > Premier Fitness 1103 Annapolis Rd, Odenton, MD (410)
 > 672-1888
 > Curves 1215 Annapolis Rd, Odenton, MD (410) 305-1370
 >
 > Odenton Barber Tanning & Ftnss 1141 Annapolis Rd,
 > Odenton, MD (410) 674-6801
 > Transformations Fitness-Women 2288 Blue Water Blvd,
 > Odenton, MD (410) 674-7403 Bee Fit for Life, 129
 > Hidden Hill circle, Odentom, MD (410) 674-5647
 > Severn Valley Tennis Club 740 State Route 3 S,
 > Gambrills, MD (410) 923-2100
 > Lady of America Fitness Center 2664 Chapel Lake Dr,
 > Gambrills, MD (410) 451-0077
 > Boxing Xtreme & Fitness 1131 Benfield Blvd # M-Q,
 > Millersville, MD (410) 729-3900
 > SK Divers 502 Fanleaf Ct, Severn, MD (301) 440-0135
 > Severna Park Racquetball Club 8514 Veterans Hwy,
 > Millersville, MD (410) 987-0980
 > Comic Book Shops (10)
 > Empyre Comics Inc 330 Hospital Dr, Glen Burnie, MD
 > (410) 761-8224
 > America's Heroes 300 Crain Hwy S, Glen Burnie, MD
 > (410) 761-9797
 > Twilight Zone Comics The 18 Crain Hwy N, Glen
 > Burnie, MD (410) 766-0480
 > Games & Comics & Stuff 7476 Baltimore Annapolis
 > Blvd, Glen Burnie, MD (410) 863-7410
 > Alliance Comics 6820 Race Track Rd # 101, Bowie, MD
 > (301) 352-4322
 > Comic Classics 365 Main St, Laurel, MD (301)
 > 490-9811
 > Comics To Astonish 9400 Snowden River Pkwy # 112,
 > Columbia, MD (410) 381-2732
 > Fudds Rabbithole of Ceramics 8519 Fort Smallwood Rd,
 > Pasadena, MD (410) 437-2191
 > Elmer J Banister Jr 8519 Fort Smallwood Rd,
 > Pasadena, MD (410) 437-5542
 > Fudds Rabbit Hole 8519 Fort Smallwood Rd # A,
 > Pasadena, MD (410) 437-5542
 > Malls (2)
 > Severna Park Mall 555 Ritchie Hwy, Severna Park, MD
 > (410) 647-9106
 > Laurel Centre Mall Management 14828 Baltimore Ave,
 > Laurel, MD (301) 953-3300
 > Colleges (3)
 > University of MD College Park Zimborski Ave,
 > Odenton, MD (410) 674-7012
 > Anne Arundel Community College 8601 Zimborski Ave,
 > Ft George Meade, MD (410) 672-3554
 > Strayer University 1520 Jabez Run, Millersville, MD
 > (410) 923-2212
 > Maryland Institute of Justice 8424 Veterans Hwy # 3,
 > Millersville, MD (410) 987-6665
 > Police Forces (4)
 > Anne Arundel County Police 8495 Veterans Hwy,
 > Millersville, MD (410) 222-8050
 > Directorate of Emergency Services Law Enforcement
 > Division 8042 Leslie Rd, Fort George G Meade, MD
 > (410) 672-4212
 > Crofton Police Dept 1576 Crofton Pkwy, Crofton, MD
 > (410) 721-2301
 > Maryland State Police: Glen Burnie Barrack P 6800
 > Aviation Blvd, Glen Burnie, MD (410) 761-5130
 > Archery (1)
 > Bay Country Archery 5 Light Street Ave, Pasadena, MD
 > (410) 647-7595 >>
 >
 > "Knighthood Is Only The Beginning."
 >
 >
 >
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