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color:#1F497D'>Sorry I fail to see your point?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anne
Rose Smythe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> archers@atlantia.sca.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Archers] The Downside of being recognized<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Fellow Archers, <br>
<br>
Here is a good example of what can happen ... Please be aware of the downside
of becoming an elitist group.... Believe me there was a reason this was posted
to an open archery list..<br>
<br>
This is from An Tir, The Order of the Grey Goose Shaft is the equivalent to the
Yew Bow... <br>
<br>
Lady Anne Rose<br>
who is sorely missing Atlantian Archery ... just saying :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: Arion the Wanderer <<a href="mailto:arion12@q.com">arion12@q.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:24 PM<br>
Subject: [GrayGoose] The Order of the Gray Goose Shaft<br>
To: <a href="mailto:antir-thrownweapons@antir.sca.org">antir-thrownweapons@antir.sca.org</a>,
Archery <<a href="mailto:antir-archery@antir.sca.org">antir-archery@antir.sca.org</a>>,<br>
<a href="mailto:GrayGoose@yahoogroups.com">GrayGoose@yahoogroups.com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Areté is a Greek word that embraces the ideals of goodness, virtue and<br>
excellence. It roughly translates "being the best you can be". In the<br>
Homeric poems, areté is frequently associated with bravery, but more often,<br>
with effectiveness. The man or woman of areté is a person of the highest<br>
effectiveness. They use all their faculties, strength, bravery, wit, and<br>
craft, to achieve real results. Aristotle said: "To say that areté has a<br>
common definition of excellence or fulfillment may be an overstatement<br>
simply because it is very difficult to pinpoint areté; much less the proper<br>
ways to go about obtaining it."<br>
<br>
The members of the Order of the Gray Goose Shaft each strive to be a person<br>
of areté in his or her own way. The first task for some is to master a<br>
martial art such as target or combat archery or thrown weapons, equestrian<br>
archery, or siege weaponry. Others first walk the path of service in their<br>
quest for excellence. All paths merge when the person becomes a respected<br>
leader who teaches and inspires others to master missile arts. There is no<br>
set path to membership in the Order. Rather, it is something done for the<br>
sheer joy of the journey.<br>
<br>
An Tir Kingdom Law says:<br>
<br>
"Gray Goose Shaft may be offered by the Crown on the advice of the members<br>
of the order, for demonstrating exceptional skill and chivalry in one or<br>
more of the following areas: Target Archery, Combat Archery, Missile Combat,<br>
<br>
Thrown Weapons, Siege Weapons and Equestrian Archery; plus service to An Tir<br>
<br>
and its people, knowledge of the courtly graces, and obedience to the laws<br>
and ideals of An Tir and the Society."<br>
<br>
The Order's Yahoo Groups describes the group thus:<br>
<br>
"The Order of the Grey Goose Shaft (OGGS) was created in the West Kingdom
as<br>
<br>
a reward to those who had contributed greatly to the target and combat<br>
archery communities. Although the West Kingdom dropped the award in favor of<br>
<br>
the Royal Company of Archers, in the Principality, and later the Kingdom of<br>
An Tir, the OGGS flourished, rising from a non-armigerous award to its<br>
current Grant-level status. Members of the OGGS wear a medallion of a goose<br>
surrounded by four arrows as in a mascle. By tradition, members of the OGGS<br>
are permitted to use the title Archos (pronounced ar-kos) before their name<br>
and wear the white bracer as a symbol of the Order.<br>
<br>
The members of the Order of the Grey Goose Shaft submit candidate<br>
recommendations to the Crown of An Tir. When considering candidates for<br>
inclusion in the Order, the members look for individuals that are<br>
well-rounded in target archery, missile combat, and/or thrown weapons. These<br>
<br>
individuals should embody exemplary skills, marshallate knowledge, war and<br>
tournament combat skills (if combat candidates), arts and sciences<br>
abilities, teaching, leadership, and the chivalric ideals and graces of the<br>
SCA.<br>
<br>
The membership of the OGGS includes some of the hardest working target<br>
archery, thrown weapons, and missile combat administrators in the Known<br>
World. The roll of the OGGS includes Peers, Barons, current and former<br>
Kingdom/Principality Royal Archers, Kingdom Protectors, Squires, Sergeants,<br>
and Yeomen; the current keeper of the Thrown Weapons Inter-kingdom<br>
Competition (TWIC), and a former Keeper of the Inter-Kingdom Archery<br>
Competition (IKAC).<br>
<br>
Members of the OGGS are permitted to take students who are known singularly<br>
as an Arcuarius or plurally as Arcuarii. The normal practice is for a member<br>
<br>
of the OGGS to approach prospective candidates and invite them to become an<br>
Arcuarius."<br>
<br>
<br>
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