Sometimes, a polite letter will suffice

[liamstliam]

Whenever people complain to me about things in the SCA, I ask if they have written the Society president or seneschal.

Invariably, they tell me it will not work.

Last night, I wrote them regarding one of the five pictures on the cover of the newcomers guide.

One of the pictures was of a fire-eater, and I just thought that wasn't one of the five things *I* would think of in the SCA and that it wasn't something we would want newcomers to pursue. ;)

I got a follow-up from the Society chatelaine this morning, asking me for details (I was not overly clear in the letter).

This afternoon, she wrote telling me that the picture would be changed later this week.

Now, I am glad I didn't just snark it.

Comments

[lady-guenievre.livejournal.com]

That's a really good thing to hear. I had thought the same thing.

[elizabear.livejournal.com]

What?! You were calm, rational, and mature, and positive change happened? We can't be having THAT going on around here!







Seriously, thanks for walking the walk.

[wldrose.livejournal.com]

but was it a CHILD fire eater wandering in to other peoples camp and belergiantly drinking?

ash

[delabarre.livejournal.com]

...while dressed as an 18th century pirate...

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

...with a plastic sword...

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

...and a purple iridescent snakeskin corset...

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

And elf ears.

[freya46.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the vampire fangs!!!!

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

And the wings!!

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

And the vinyl belt!

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

and the glitter wand!

[silme.livejournal.com]

Alys is good. She works hard and she listens.

[nicolaa5.livejournal.com]

Yah, I was just thinking the same thing. She's one of my SCA heroes.

[zsof.livejournal.com]

I agree, I respect her a lot, and I'm lucky because she's local to me! :)

[knitprincess.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I adore working with her.

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you did that. I hadn't noticed the picture yet (barely glanced at the guide so far), but fire eating falls way into the realm of "don't try this at home".

[purpura.livejournal.com]

Is there a link available to see the newcomer's guide?

[math5.livejournal.com]

From this page (http://www.sca.org/officers/chatelain/newcomers.html)

[deafelis.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[gxdm.livejournal.com]

Quite often, the President can't do anything. But he can push towards people who can! (this time, he found out about it about the same time as the Soc. Chatelaine, who is awesome and made of win.)

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

I know the president a litle, so I like to bother him.

I do write to him when things go well, you know?

*chuckle*

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

Although it does amuse me that the fire eater is a knight (Sir Elias, who is one of the Tinkers).

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

That's amazing.

Nice point.

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

The replacement picture is pretty damn cool.