[Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program

[loreleielkins at aol.com]

The answer to the first question is both yes and no.  The idea of a Youth Marshal in Training has been one which has been floating around for a few years.  It was two youth who brought it up again and again that prompted me to action.  I don't see an overwhelming rush of teens into the program but if there ARE individuals who want to participate in this program, at least there will be a frame work in place to guide them in doing so.  It is also an attempt to give the teens more buy-in to the archery program and the SCA, since we loose many of our older teens to other things (understandable at that age).  It's difficult to get teens interested in much (besides boys/girls) at this age.




Lorelei


Some additional questions I have are:  Do we have enough interest from the teenagers to make this a sustainable program or is this an attempt to create a need where one does not exist?  Will we see it go down the same path as the Tournament of Chivalry which was intended to get our teens involved in the leadership of running events?  If the answer to these is "no", I think we should continue to judge these on a case by case basis rather than making a formal program out of it.  My opinion is that it is easier to exercise well-reasoned judgement calls rather than legislating for every possibility--and it reduces our paperwork.

In service,
Eldred

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