<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I have a 12 year old grandson in the same situation. He has also taken the MIT class (not for warranting) and is most anxious to participate in this program. He too is most mature and I hope he continues with archery long enough to participate. Unfortunately we lose a lot of youth to school activities when they enter middle school. My thought is that we are looking for <EM>Quality</EM> not <EM>Quantity</EM> here. This program would allow us to have experienced marshalls entering the ranks in their early years and perhaps keep them engaged.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<div><FONT size=2>Best regards,<BR><BR>Katarzyna<BR>Lady Katarzyna Witkowska<BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=2><I>Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy. <BR></I>Buddha <BR><BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@virginia.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, June 3, 2011 9:20 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program<BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1392907492>Noble friends of the bow,<BR><BR>I have a youngster on the Isenfir range, currently only 12 years old, who will be keen to participate in this program when he is of age. He has already taken the MIT class (at UA, and not for warranting--yet) with his father. This young man is of exceptional maturity and responsibility, and I hope to be marshalling long enough to see him complete YMIT program.<BR><BR>Kind regards,<BR><BR><BR>Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal<BR><BR>On 6/3/2011 9:05 AM, <A class=yiv1392907492moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:loreleielkins@aol.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:loreleielkins@aol.com">loreleielkins@aol.com</A> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT color=black size=2 face=arial><FONT class=yiv1392907492Apple-style-span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</FONT>
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<DIV>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.<BR></DIV>
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