Clan Recruitment

Greetings!

Here is a report on the Clan Recruitment Situation for Clan MacTavish. We have already surpassed the minimum number required to be officially recognised as a ‘founding clan’ come November 1st. This is good for us members.

We need now to think to the future, we need to think about what will happen as Scotland grows, and as we ourselves progress upwards through society.

PRESENT SITUATION:

Clan MacTavish has eight members. That puts us at the smaller end of the middle sized clans. We are generally level 1, only Telets has a trade. 2 of us are female characters, 6 are male. There are presently 5 MacTavishes in Whithorn and 3 in Drummore. I think only two of us were not born in Scotland in game. I don’t think any of us were born there in RL.

I have sent out 23 invitations to date. About 65% to Whithorn residents, 25% to Drummore and 10% to Wigtown. Several invitations amongst the early batch were graciously replied to by individuals who had already adopted another clan.

Two of us had been signed up by other clans before we discovered our MacTavish heritage, and there had to be interclan communications to sort out the resultant mess (with the result of closer ties with these other clans).

Almost all invitations have been in the form of a personal letter, containing genealogical information and a basic plan of action (get recognised, have a voice in Scotland’s future, live gloriously).

WHAT NEEDS DOING

I think it is important that we locate other MacTavishes. It would be good to have MacTavishes in every Scottish town. I am thinking of travelling sometime in the next few days to locate members of the Wigtown branch of MacTavishes. Kirkcudbright appears dominated by the McAles.

If there is someone you know who you would like to ask to join the MacTavishes, feel free to do so in any way you see fit. It is a good idea, however, to check this list of clan members first to make sure that we aren’t ‘poaching’ (unless there’s good reason, in which case we MacTavishes will look after our own!) - http://forum.renaissancekingdoms.com/viewtopic.php?t=47192&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 –
and don’t be afraid to direct them to MacTavish hut at http://mactavishshut.blogspot.com/

If you want access to MacTavish Hearth, contact me. If we use that site for the moment as a private forum (it is set up to become a group blog) we can have group ‘conversations’ rather than this personal mail business.

For MacTavish and Scotland!

Drac

PS - if any genealogical information or family stories are created in the recruitment drive, I'd love to know about it so I can include it in our family tree (more like a forest!).