I believe that the biggest duty of the Baron and Baroness iis to
newcomers. For all the reasons already described, newcomers are vital
to the Society. To encourage and retain newcomers, we have to make The
Society vital to them. It must be a welcoming and encouraging
environment. Although we do, indeed, have an official "welcome wagon",
a touch of the personal from the titular head can be an essential part
of the welcome. As with the boroughfolk, if the "heads of state" are
approachable, the whole Barony is seen as approachable.If the Baron
and Baroness have gone out of their way to be introduced to each new
person, then those new people will feel much more comfortable about
approaching them later.
