<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Siegfried" <siegfried@crossbows.biz><BR>To: fenrisulven@comcast.net<BR>Cc: archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:19:27 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Archers] Trying to make some sense...<BR><BR><BR><EM>I'm sorry Fen, but it's the autocrats event. If the autocrat decides at<BR>2pm that they don't want any archery. Then there isn't any archery.<BR>The MIC has no 'power' to say "Up Yours Autocrat, you gave me this<BR>space, now it's mine"</EM><BR></P>
<P>You're right, I see that. But if safety is our #1 priority, then that structure needs to be changed.</P>
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<P>At Storvik Novice we spent an hour with protractors, police tape, and a laser range finder, </P>
<P>just to be certain the course met the new standards. Allowing the autocrat to come in and change</P>
<P>our space afterwards would have jeapordized its safety. What was a carefully planned course</P>
<P>would have become a cluster. </P>
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<P>I know that on paper the Marshal has the responsibility to shut it all down if he feels its no longer safe, </P>
<P>but human nature being what it is - I think most will try to adapt the course to the new space on the fly</P>
<P>and, under pressure and in a rush to "make it work", we risk something safety-related falling thru the cracks. </P>
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<P><BR><EM>Also, the MOL has no bearing at all with anything to do with archery.<BR></EM></P>
<P>My bad, I meant the EM or his Deputy, not the MOL. </P>
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<P>Regardless, you have more knowledge and experience with this. So I submit to your judgement.</P>
<P>Thank you for allowing me to voice my concerns, and for responding to them so gently.</P>
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<P>Cheers</P>
<P>Fen</P>
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