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color:#1F497D'>Yikes I just saw Fenn’s endorsement in his note. Not sure I’m
funny enough, but probably funny looking enough to tackle the job! :P Seriously
it will take more than me, but I am more than willing to help change things so
we can spread the word were it needs to be spread.<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>Jay
Nardone<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 25, 2010 5:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> fenrisulven@comcast.net; archers@atlantia.sca.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Archers] Congratulations!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Fenn good re-cap. Lorelei, this is what I was talking about. The
autocrats are not as involved with event planning as they should be. I
know I am generalizing but I think there are more than a handful of marshal’s
up this way that will back me on this. Archery in Atlantia continues to grow
and this is a great thing, but the last minute changes and cancelations are
really damaging in the long run. I really feel in my heart that autocrats
should have some sort of archery planning section added to the university
classes so they can at the very least understand what our safety rules are and
what we are looking for at events. This is in no way a finger pointing at AC’s,
but they absolutely need to be more involved and up to speed with the MIC’s
well before the events. This is perfect example of things that were planned
being changed at the last minute, which obviously for extreme reasons will
always occur. The “shoehorning” of archery into unacceptable places needs to
stop, for safety and obvious reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Janyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>fenrisulven@comcast.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> archers@atlantia.sca.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Archers] Congratulations!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here
is the After Action on the Storvik event. I'm sharing so that newer
autocrats and MICs get a sense of what to expect. Hopefully you wont be caught
flat-footed</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Also,
please feel free to send any critiques or ideas re the event to Holly
or me. We would appreciate any input on what to improve for
next time. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>[...]</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Lorelei:
"I contacted the autocrats group and asked that this detail be included in
their Unevent classes in some way."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Yes
please. We had a few stumbles at Storvik this weekend:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1)
On the day prior as we were setting up safety zones, the autocrat wandered over
to inform us of a decision to allow camping on the hill. Right next
to the clout target. We were adamant in saying "no, that area
falls within our safety fan." We tried to be polite about it, but
I'm afraid the autocrat may have taken offense. Its likely she
was just weary from being pulled in a dozen different directions, but
she reacted as if our new rule was negotiable, that we were just
refusing to give up a luxury. In the end we compromised, allowing the use
of camping space further back behind the hill, and
moved the clout in much closer to maintain the safety fan.
We lost about an hour of setup time working all this out. And we lost about 25%
of our range. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2)
Holly had a "special" clout in store for us that had to be scrapped.
I've seen several archery events spoiled in this manner - the MIC has
a theme or stage that gets limited because they had to reset their course when
bits of their space were lost. Autocrats might be more sympathetic if they
understood that an Archery Course is like Feast - if you take away the entree
or the desert, it spoils the effect your cooks were going for. We can still
shoot on a spoiled course, but its not the experience the MIC wanted to serve
up. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3)
On the morning of, we lost more space to parking. Several vehicles pulled
in too far and crowded the firing line. There would have been no place for
archers to move back to once they were done firing. We were lucky to catch
most of the owners in time, but its just another example of how our ranges are
the first area to be carved up when there's a "shortage"
somewhere else.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4) We also were
not min/maxed for space. The site has a huge field, all of
which was reserved for Heavy and Rapier. They actually used only 25% of
it. The corner of the field opposite of Court would have given us
more space than we know what to do with, and without displacing the other
martial events. So we may want to start wrangling with
autocrats for space as soon as they announce their event. Before
they allocate it to Heavy and Rapier. Just because
we've always used a certain space in the past doesn't mean that
we can use it now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>5) There was a
remark from event staff along the lines of "that new rule is going to kill
archery in Atlantia". This reinforces our concern that, as we
press the need for space to comply with the new safety rule, event
planners will decide that having archery just isn't worth the hassle
involved. There is going to be a fine line between protecting our range
fans and scaring off autocrats. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So we need someone
(Janyn) to teach the autocrats at Unevent and University. Someone
(Janyn) to champion our safety requirements, but also someone (Janyn) who
is diplomatic and funny enough to win them over. We could also have him
tour Atlantia to give an Archery Safety Lecture at every
business meeting. This would have the added benefit of pulling him
off the practice range, hamstringing him so the rest of us can catch up.
:)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>BTW, none of this
is meant to be critical of Storvik. It was the autocrat's first
event, and it came together nicely. There was something magical
about the day that took me back to my first set of
events. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fen <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>--- Atlantian
Archery. Nothing exists within 100 yards without our explicit permission
--- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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