[Cynnabar] Cynnabar Chronicles proposal

[Randy Asplund]

Milady Ceara,

I like your idea of a scrapbook per se. I think it is really cool when  
I get to look at pictures of "the old days" and show friends what we  
were doing back then and compare to now, or to just reminisce. There  
is actually an SCA historian office, though I don't believe we have  
such an office currently in Cynnabar (do we?). I think the closest  
thing is the chronicler theoretically keeping records.

Well, I had a friend who was an avid scrapbooker. He had the  
28" (about that anyway) kind and he had about 30 of them. They took a  
large amount of space in his home because he kept them accessible.  
Then he met a gal in England and hired me to digitize them so he could  
take it with him. It was like trying to digitize Godzilla. When it was  
done the stack of CDs was about 5" high.

The thing I learned was that digital takes up WAY LESS space than a  
physical scrapbook, and if you want as as much info as you are going  
for, it is going to be hard to deal with physically. Whereas if you go  
digital, then you can make it instantly accessible to anybody.

Lastly, another lesson I learned was that the SCA is positively  
draconian about getting signed permissions from everybody who goes  
into something official. This means it would be almost impossible to  
use your photos for any "official" SCA or Cynnabar publication, and a  
publication can be a one-of item. So I would suggest never letting it  
be an official thing owned by the SCA.

RanthulfR


On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Ceara inghean Mhuirghease uí Fhaoláin  
wrote:

>     Hello Everyone!
>
>     I would like to propose Cynnabar Chronicles. I’d like to make  
> this in a scrapbook form. Not just as something pretty for us to  
> look at but as something extremely useful to the barony. I thought  
> that doing this yearly might be best starting from after Pennsic to  
> ending with Pennsic.
> This is what I would like this book to serve as
> v We can keep records of our events
>   Ø Proposals allow us to see an account of when, what, where and  
> how things happened for an event.
>   Ø Pictures would follow so that we could remember (for many years  
> to come):
>    § Venue appearance
>    § Who was there
>    § Set up
>   Ø Blurbs
>    § What happened in court
>    § Significant wins for tournaments
>    § A schedule of what we offered
>    § Site tokens?
>    § Misc.
> v A record of events we attended
>   Ø Pictures
>   Ø Court: Did anyone from Cynnabar receive an award?
>   Ø Misc.
> v Practices
>   Ø Winners of tourneys
>   Ø Misc.
> v Meetings
>   Ø Significant things that happen
>   Ø Midair’s pie (haha)
> v Officers
>   Ø Who was/is in office
>   Ø Pictures
> v Other happenings
>   Ø Dance practice
>   Ø Garb workday
>   Ø Archery
>   Ø Craft night
>   Ø Fundraisers
>   Ø Demos
> Anything else I missed!
>     We could also do the general form of a scrapbook where it is  
> just simple comments, pictures and memorabilia though I thought  
> having it as a reference for events and a more organized history of  
> our barony might serve as a better purpose so that it isn’t just a  
> pretty book to look at.
> Also, if it is wanted, I could also do another general one of  
> Cynnabar in the past before this point!
> To do this, I need some things for it.
> v Book (preferably 12x12)
> v Paper
> v Embellishments
> v Pictures
> v Permanent non-acidic glue
>     I have a lot of the tools needed to do the actual work on it so  
> I’m not asking for those. If anyone could donate any of these items,  
> I would be grateful! It could be anything from simple scrapbooking  
> paper to ribbons, stickers, fairly flat unwanted old site tokens,  
> etcetera. After I know what I have to work with then I can make a  
> proposal for other materials I may need that I did not receive or  
> get enough of.
>     Thank you for your help!
>
> ~-~ Lady Ceara inghean Mhuirghease uí Fhaoláin ~-~
> (Stephanie Bates)
>
> "
> "Here's to you and yours, And to mine and ours, And if mine and ours  
> ever come across you and yours, I hope you and yours will do as much  
> for mine and ours and mine and ours have done for you and yours!"
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