[Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program

Mon Nov 19 13:13:22 PST 2012

Welcome to my world!  I've been coaching kid's ice hockey for some 19
years now and seen a lot of this.  USAHockey mandates a background check
on all adults who go on the ice during practice, on the bench during
games or in the dressing rooms.  I have made it a rule for myself to
NEVER be in the dressing room when there is just one other kid.  BUT the
positive side of all of this is that we get a chance to be a POSITIVE
role model for the kids and, hopefully, have a positive impact on them.
Be safe, be careful, be positive, make a positive impact.

cog

-----Original Message-----
From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of
jaynardone at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 2:13 PM
To: loreleielkins at aol.com
Cc: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program

Oh yeah, this scares the hell out me! In Maryland if you simply touch a
childs shoulder even with their parents present, it can be considered
assault! We will have to spread the word to be cautious....

:)

  _____  

From: loreleielkins at aol.com
To: siegfried at crossbows.biz, archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program

And, it gets tricky.  This past WoW, I had a LOT of kids on the range.
I gave two of them permission to be there without their parents, BUT,
the other kids and parents wanted to know why it was okay for those kids
and not for theirs.  It ended up being a pain in the butt and I had to
toss one kid off the range, and her mom came to me with "issues".  Oi! 

:-)  Be aware, be cautious, be careful.

L

-----Original Message-----
From: Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz>
To: archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 1:02 pm
Subject: Re: [Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program

Just to clarify here because Cameron's statement, perhaps, points to a

different understanding of Janyn's statement.

The age that was lowered, was for a Youth to become a Marshal.   It has

nothing to do with 'being on the range'.

A youth at any age (7, 3, heck 6 months), can be on the age and shooting

as long as a marshal feels safe about it.  And that can be with, or

without, their parents being present.  Again, it's all a judgement call

of the marshal.

I've known 5 year olds who I trust on the range without their parents.

And I've known 15 year olds, who I want their parent standing right next

to them.

Siegfried

On 11/19/12 10:02 AM, Cameron deGrey wrote:

> Agreed! 'Ours' isn't a parenting issue, but a marshaling duty. 'Our'

> lowering the age doesn't allow the parents/guardians to abdicate their

> responsibility, it just means we can get them on the range. SCA lawas

> already deal with minors being alone on site.

> 

> Good move.

> 

> YIS

> 

> Cameron

> 

> 

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:37 AM, <jaynardone at comcast.net

> <mailto:jaynardone at comcast.net <mailto:jaynardone at comcast.net?> >>
wrote:

> 

>     Good morning everyone, after consultation and discussions with the

>     EM and the King, I was granted permission to lower the minimum age

>     for our Youth Target Archery program from the current 15 years
old,

>     to 13 years old. I know there was discussion in the past about
this

>     minimum age and this was why it was set to 15. My obserevations
this

>     year show that we have had no one in the program as of yet and I

>     feel it is because the age range is set too high. With that small
of

>     a window, many youth are leaving the SCA to do real life
activities

>     as their lives become more busy. I strongly feel that widening the

>     window gives us more chance to work with and possibly retain some
of

>     our youth. I have worked with 2 youth this year that are 13 and I

>     know of a few other marshals that have approached me with youth in

>     their care that are also 13 or so that would make wonderful
candidates.

> 

>      

> 

>     I dont think any of us want this to turn into a babysitting
service

>     or select youth that are not mature enough. This is where the

>     sponsoring marshal comes into play. Those youth nominations will
be

>     based on your judgement of their maturity and character. As these

>     youth will never be on the range alone anyway, I dont see any
issues

>     going forward. I think this is an important program to assure that

>     our ranks are filled with the best Atlantia can provide. Afterall,

>     the youth are our future!

> 

>      

> 

>     In Service,

> 

>      

> 

>     Janyn

> 

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