Re: Rose's Question on SCA-West

roswtr, our current Kingdom Seneschal, asked over on the West Kingdom Yahoo group what people thought motivated them to take service jobs in the SCA. I've been thinking about this, but decided that I'd rather post a response here, where, A) roswtr will see it anyway and B) I won't risk the unwanted responses on SCA-West. :-/ .

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Rose's Question, Part 2

I've been thinking about this topic some more, and I find I have to get the following out of my system so that I can get some billable work done. :-/

As an adjunct to asking what motivates people to take on service jobs, Rose asked "Are some jobs more glamorous than others?". This prompts the following thoughts on the (I'm guessing unique) Western culture of being "personal association-based" rather than geographically based, and the impact that has on local groups/officers:

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In addition, here are some thoughts on a couple of specific offices, both of which I have thought about volunteering for over the years but have decided against:
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