[Regia-NA] Skills training in NA was: Getting Sparks or Not

[Hrolf Douglasson]

one of the biggest skills , and fundamental to all others is the ability to
talk to the public about what ever you are doing..To explain the how, whys
and wherefores of kit and craft.
One member of our group is brilliant at this......Derek, he can explain
exactly what we are doing on the wic, the crafts that were needed just to
survive etc.... Not as easy as it seems.
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patchett" <patchett@sympatico.ca>
To: <regia@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:40 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] Skills training in NA was: Getting Sparks or Not


> Greetings all,
>
> >If it was me, I'd listen to your explanation, hand you my kit and say
> >
> >"show me" !
> >
> >Here's a plan, you could always video it - I can read NTSC tapes. That
> >started out as a tongue-in-cheek comment, but now I think about it, that
> >might just solve many, many of our trans-Atlantic problems.
> >
> >What do you all think?
> >
> This idea has the best combination of low cost while still getting us
> here in NA their civilian skills.  I can't keep sending my husbands and
> myself to England every time I want a new skills. :-)  Though I also
> think that many of the teachers, qualified to give signatures, need to
> be comfortable with this idea.
>
> Do those that teach LHE skills have a checklist, even a mental one, that
> they go through before they consider someone qualified? If so, then I
> think it would be a great help to have that list of things available to
> the people wanting to video tape themselves for qualifications. If not,
> the teacher will think I don't know my stuff, and I'll get frustrated
> because I know my stuff I just didn't show it.
>
> I suppose this ties into another question that I have:  What is the
> process you need to go through to become a qualified AO and qualified to
> teach LHE skills?  Many of these problems could be solved if we had our
> own set of teachers and AO.  I realize that this is a long term solution
> and the video tape is a short term one, but I think we are going to need
> both  in NA if we are going to become 'really part of Regia'.
>
> I mean no offense with that comment, so please let me explain some of
> the feelings and struggles I'm having.  I've paid my membership money
> and I've got my passport, but I don't feel as if I've paid my 'dues'
> yet, nor are am I sure where and how I should be paying them.  I've read
> the handbook, but I'm still struggling to understand how those rules are
> applied and interpreted.  I'm know something about textiles, but I still
> wonder if the advice I'm giving my fellows in Wynmerestow is good and
> proper.  I think I need some sort of confirmation that what I'm doing
> and how I'm doing it are up to Regia spec.  Without that I'm afraid that
> I won't every feel like I'm really part of Regia.
>
> Ędwen
> -Wynmerestow
>
>
>
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