[Artemisia] newcomers

[Amber Snurkowski]

Well said, Earc!!!!

Baroness Syeira
Barony of Arn Hold
On Nov 6, 2014 7:24 PM, "Richard Samul" <scascot at mac.com> wrote:

> As much as I appreciate the desire to visually call out those who are new
> to our game (and I’m really loving the “new bees” thing), the sad truth is
> that we should not need a button, ribbon, or badge that clues us to change
> our behavior in someone’s presence. EVERYONE we interact with should be
> spoken to and treated with courtesy, dignity, and honor - in this respect,
> there is (or should be) no difference between the King and someone who just
> walked in off the street.
>
> Regardless of which direction this discussion takes, I pray this
> unfortunate incident serves as a caution and warning. You cannot serve the
> Dream by crushing it for someone else, and the illusion, once broken, is
> never quite the same.
>
> —
> THL Earc
>
> > On Nov 6, 2014, at 3:17 PM, Christine Fitzgerald <
> catherineasherbeck03 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Back in the day, 1000 years ago, when I was Hospitiliar in Amor Sallan
> Fach, later Loch Salann. I would give out "New Bees" badges. They were to
> start with, a little Bee  button sewn on to, black & white ribbons and a
> safety pin sewn on the back. Then later we would paint little bees on plain
> white buttons when we couldn't find the little bee buttons any more.  I
> would ask them to please wear these "New Bees Buttons" for 1 whole year.
> This I explained it was so that everyone would know that they were to help
> the new commers when they needed it. Most people loved to wear these
> ribbons for the whole year. It was like an award to them. And Baroness
> Farilith loved to hand them out in court. This way everyone knew who these
> people were. I would keep a log of these people and at the end of the year
> Baroness Farilith would call them up in court and ask them for their
> buttons back, as they were a year old now & didn't need them any more.
> >  This also gave me an on going idea of who needed to be included in
> things such as classes & guilds. It worked back then and is a good way to
> let the long time player, who wants to help, know who might need assistance.
> >   We should do this type of thing thru out the kingdom, that way where
> ever a new person goes they will be reconnaised as a new player!
> >    Lady Cate
> >
> >
> >     On Thursday, November 6, 2014 1:41 PM, Mark Chapman <
> whitewolf at lolopeak.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > To their Majesties and the populace of Artemisia,
> >
> > It appears that something was said to a member of a family who, when
> > their son had spent much of the afternoon at Sentinel’s Keep Harvest
> > Court watching the fighting, were invited to join us for dinner.
> >
> > What was said is now irrelevant, but, they left upset without eating.
> >
> > After some discussion last night at our weekly meeting;
> >
> > I would like to suggest that a Kingdom wide system to indicate newcomers
> > be established:
> >
> > *Using Black & Gold ribbons of between ¾ & one inch width for the
> > ‘string’ on their site token.
> > This hopefully would be a highly visible indication that these people
> > are newcomers, welcome them, & they may well will not be familiar with
> > what we are doing.
> > Take the time to help them want to become one of us !*
> >
> > Ådne
> >
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