Sunday stuff
Jun. 11th, 2006 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aliskyeJust got back from a typical Sunday morning with the P's. They had coffee and a pastry at the Rose Cafe. I had a muffin and some non-fat milk. Then we walked down one of my favorite beach streets. (If I won the lottery I would buy a house on that street). Walked on the beach, went to the Farmer's Market (I bought some veggies and some flowers which I still need to put in a vase). Then we went to Costco.
So, if you are still reading, we get to some SCA stuff.
I've been trying to stir up more interest in Scribal matters because it seems to me we are at a low ebb in scribal interests. Last year, I tried to interest people in a Scribes Guild and it was roundly pooh-poohed. I think I'm going to try to interest people again, and I'm just not going to a) take no for an answer :) and b) think that I have to interest 100% of the people.
Eowyn is right that we need to train more scribes, but just offering classes isn't going to do it. We need to have mentoring and incentive, even if that is something as artificial as ranks in a guild. We need to build a community of scribes.
What I have in mind is taking the College of Scribes and giving it some dimension. I propose to have several different ranks along the lines of Student (completed 0-3 scrolls or 0-2 scrolls and taken 1 scribal collegium class), Sophomore (completed 4-10 scrolls, or 3-7 scrolls and taken 3 scribal collegium classes), Scholar (completed 11+ scrolls, or 8 scrolls and teach 1 scribal collegium class). The exact numbers are up for debate.
The most senior scribes of the Kingdom, those wonderful people who regularly teach classes and write articles and keep the scribal arts alive, I'd ask to be part of the faculty (and continue their efforts).
The College of Scribes would be headed by a Dean. This would likely be separate from the Scribe Armarius though it could be the same person. The Scribe Armarius would still be the Collegium Regent for Scribal Arts and have the primary oversight of scroll production of the Kingdom. The Dean would keep track of ranks in the College and set up mentoring positions between new scribes and experienced scribes. Both positions will promote scribal arts in the Kingdom.
I think the time is right for this. Certainly there will be some that don't think it's necessary and it might not be for them. This is to encourage new scribes. Do people need ranks to do things? Of course not, but people do need community, especially to continue with what is often a thankless task. The College of Scribes can be that community. It needs to be something more than a name.
So, if you are still reading, we get to some SCA stuff.
I've been trying to stir up more interest in Scribal matters because it seems to me we are at a low ebb in scribal interests. Last year, I tried to interest people in a Scribes Guild and it was roundly pooh-poohed. I think I'm going to try to interest people again, and I'm just not going to a) take no for an answer :) and b) think that I have to interest 100% of the people.
Eowyn is right that we need to train more scribes, but just offering classes isn't going to do it. We need to have mentoring and incentive, even if that is something as artificial as ranks in a guild. We need to build a community of scribes.
What I have in mind is taking the College of Scribes and giving it some dimension. I propose to have several different ranks along the lines of Student (completed 0-3 scrolls or 0-2 scrolls and taken 1 scribal collegium class), Sophomore (completed 4-10 scrolls, or 3-7 scrolls and taken 3 scribal collegium classes), Scholar (completed 11+ scrolls, or 8 scrolls and teach 1 scribal collegium class). The exact numbers are up for debate.
The most senior scribes of the Kingdom, those wonderful people who regularly teach classes and write articles and keep the scribal arts alive, I'd ask to be part of the faculty (and continue their efforts).
The College of Scribes would be headed by a Dean. This would likely be separate from the Scribe Armarius though it could be the same person. The Scribe Armarius would still be the Collegium Regent for Scribal Arts and have the primary oversight of scroll production of the Kingdom. The Dean would keep track of ranks in the College and set up mentoring positions between new scribes and experienced scribes. Both positions will promote scribal arts in the Kingdom.
I think the time is right for this. Certainly there will be some that don't think it's necessary and it might not be for them. This is to encourage new scribes. Do people need ranks to do things? Of course not, but people do need community, especially to continue with what is often a thankless task. The College of Scribes can be that community. It needs to be something more than a name.
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Date: 2006-06-12 06:54 am (UTC)I'm not so much for calling people up to get scrolls at court because most people can't see the scroll and most people aren't prepared to handle their new scroll when they return to their seat. Rather, it would be lovely to have an area at all kingdom events where the scrolls are displayed (which we frequently do now) and maybe even photograph the recipient and scribe if such is agreeable to all parties.
I'm cool with people painting charters because some people are perfectly happy doing so. Even if a more senior scribe thinks the painter is ready to move on to Something More, the painter may not want to, and shouldn't be forced ot.
I definitely think that the list of outstanding scrolls should be run past a few people who can ID those recipients who have dropped out. No point in doing a scroll for someone who hasn't been in the SCA in 20 years IMO.
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Date: 2006-06-12 06:54 pm (UTC)I doubt that anyone has done a translation of the Duke/Duchess scroll into Greek. Or the Dolphin into Hebrew. But certainly the translations that we do have should be posted.
We haven't given the scrolls immediately to the recipient after they were presented to the Crown and populace for several years. The scrolls *are* put on display and the recipients are asked to picked them up at the end of the day. It would help if everyone would remember to return those scroll carriers that Countess Luciana made. We've pretty much run out of them. Displaying scrolls at outdoor events would be pretty much a bad idea. (Melting seals? Food dropped on them? Blowing in the wind?)
I've purged the list to get rid of non-active people but that's no solution. We've got to get more active scribes. I feel strongly that foregoing presenting scrolls in court will not gain more scribes. Visbility for scribes is extremely important.