Never ask that of a SCAdian - We can be worse than born-again Christians when it comes to 'recruiting'...
I guarantee there's a [link|http://www.sca.org/findsca.html|shire near you] - and I guarantee you'd be welcome there. We're a friendly lot, as a rule.
Rattan fighting is great fun - but there's a lot in the organisation for non-combatants as well!
Really - it's a great subversive cult to belong to... *chuckle*