Is the SCA's competition pulling ahead, and do we care? I didn't go to Grand Outlandish last month. Gunwaldt and Bardolf (husband and mid-kid) did. They said...
Yes and yes. I have certainly seen with my own eyes the fact that other things (espceially WoW, it seems) have had the attention of many people who likely ...
-=-I fear that this will continue, and we'll be left with a shell of what once was.-=- A geriatric shell, at first. Don't all organisms grow and die, though? ...
Personally I think the $4 a gallon gas is a much bigger hit on event attendance. A couple years a traveling to an event near the center of my Kingdom cost me ...
yes but hopefully temporary and yes - but there are other factors I do think that there is more competition for attention and things like WOW do offer an easy...
Good Afternoon, Folks. At the same time that competition for the once SCA-exclusive demographic reaches new heights, the PTB at Corporation the Left Coast...
-=-Having a young teen, I see him immerse in some of the games, but also see him becoming more bored with the experience as he grows. Taking him to SCA events...
... For its entire history, the SCA has been the 700-pound gorilla of the medieval reenacting world, and it attained that status because it has aggressively...
-=- And if we had a national organization that was in any way tied in accountability to the constituency it claims to serve, it probably would have seen the...
-=-to be sure, there are still the true believers and the faithful. Are they being replaced though? How many times can you be slapped down and come back like a...
Fernando wrote, on the SCA's competition question: -=-Personally I think the $4 a gallon gas is a much bigger hit on event attendance. -=-A couple years a...
One of the major drawbacks to the way in which the SCA, Inc. was constituted was that it was by design an agency completely independent from and unaccountable...
Having only been in for 3 years, that is part of the allure - learning how to create. My first armor was leather with painted washers, it looked hideous but...
... I love to read what people say about the philosophy of living history. It's thought-provoking and, in some cases, a trifle sad. I am especially saddened...
-=-This isolation and lack of accountability has either directly informed or contributed to over 30 years of misunderstandings between the Corporate Entity at...
... I agree with AElflaed. What I am seeing lately is a greater bifurcation between business-side and game-side in the SCA. The Board these days has little to...
-=-If "a board of directors" is defined for a moment by a particular set of people in a moment (or season) in time, then I've worked with some very excellent...
Is the SCA's competition pulling ahead? Every organisation I am associated with (and there are a lot of them, from photography communities, through my son's...
... I'd be interested to see the answer, too, given that the SCA is an international organisation that's a USA based ethnocentricism has, and continues to,...
... For mine, the only excuse I can think of for that SCA was that we simply didn't know any better. But, at least we made an effort to cover chairs, put ice...
-=-Every organisation I am associated with (and there are a lot of them, from photography communities, through my son's karate and music, to the various ...
Gwynfor wrote, on another topic: -=-I'd be interested to see the answer, too, given that the SCA is an international organisation that's a USA based...
-=-For mine, the only excuse I can think of for that SCA was that we simply didn't know any better. -=- We knew (and some did better) but couldn't afford...
I've been in for three years as well. I've made some crappy garb, as I learned how to sew, but I'm getting better. I don't mind the nylon pimples, Ren Faire...
... Yes to that. I got chosen for the Board based on a record of solid SCA experience and a reputation for good sense--my business background was/is...
... I have seen the SCA improve slowly but steadily with the way it deals with its non-US branches. It is now rare to have the Board announce a policy on...
-=-I think the goodwill is there. There is certainly not an attitude that "the SCA is a US group, and the rest of you are just an afterthought." There is still...
When first I saw this subject line, I misread it as a reference to competitions, like A&S, which are being discussed elsewhere in my world. But the two...
[Warning: I have a dangerously large number of opinions on this subject. I'll try to avoid being too repetitive of what others have said.] ... because of that....
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