[Archers] Event Report

[Siegfried Sebastian Faust]

Greetings Ignacio, and all those other marshals assembled ...

I looked over these reports, and while the event report seems wonderfully 
straight forward, I had a number of questions about the Quarterly report ...

Let's step through the report lines:

"Areas enclosed by group"
Is it really necessary to include this in the quarterly report?  This 
information is something that is recorded (fairly specifically) at Kingdom 
level by another office (Seneschal).  Is there a reason for us to duplicate 
this?  At the very least, it seems perhaps that this information may only 
need to be something sent once to you, Ignacio, for you to have in future 
reference.  It isn't something that is going to be changing very often at all.

"Reporting Marshal"
Nothing wrong here :)

"Status change of existing Marshals"
Perhaps I am mistaken (it happens often), but isn't this something that the 
Kingdom Target Archery Marshal should already know ... assuming that this 
is information about a marshal going inactive due to not taking the class, 
etc.  Which in fact, the KTAM would know better, in the case of marshals 
that the group marshal doesn't see often.  Now, if this is meant for 
'general status messages', like: "Well Jerry isn't playing much recently do 
to an injury, but Debbie has been helping run practices."  Then I see more 
use to it.

"New Marshals"
Again, like above, seems to be something that the KTAM will already know 
anyway, so why need we repeat it?  Also, theoretically, someone who lives 
within a local group, could go through all the steps to becoming a marshal, 
without the local marshal knowing it (since the MIT form never asks for the 
local marshal/etc)  Not that it would probably ever happen, but it could.

"Practices"
Makes sense :)

"Events"
Wouldn't you have already gotten all the event reports?  And again, 
therefore know all this info?

"Problems"
Makes sense, perhaps the only place to report 'general problems' with 
archery in the group.

"Questions"
Seems a bit odd for a 'report'.  If someone had a question, wouldn't they 
ask you at any point.  Not wait 3 months to ask on a 'report'?

"Goals"
Makes sense


A couple of other notes.  No other 'local level marshals' are required to 
make quarterly reports, only event reports (I speak of heavy/rapier/etc).

Secondly, can our event reporting not be 'tied in' to the system currently 
in place on the Marshal's Website?
http://marshal.atlantia.sca.org/Forms/EventReport.html
This form is designed for all types of reports to come in through it ... 
heavy/rapier/siege weapons/etc ...  It seems an easy and logical thing to 
do, to add archery into the droplist and use it for archery as well.

Finally, just an 'odd rule' note:  Currently, by the rules, the 
marshal-in-charge of the entire event, must submit an event report, 
reporting on all marshallate activities ... which would of course include 
archery.  So has the archery responsibility been lifted from the 
marshal-in-charge, if they are different from the 'person running the 
archery tourney'.  Or must two separate reports be submitted?  One by the 
marshal in charge to the kingdom earl marshal, and one by the 
'marshal-in-charge-of-target-archery' to the kingdom target archery marshal.

Thanks in advance,
Siegfried


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Lord Siegfried Sebastian Faust               Barony of Highland Foorde
Baronial Web Minister          http://highland-foorde.atlantia.sca.org