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<DIV><SPAN class=843553917-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Having
spent my afternoon reading all 1000 plus emails, I am now, mostly, up to date on
this discussion. As past SSBs have been a, somewhat, joint effort of all
kingdoms attending Pennsic, or at least offered to all, I see no reason that
concept can not be continued. As for who is the actual lead kingdom, I
think rotating it is a good idea. My main caveat to that is that the
quality as set by Atlantian be maintained. But if other kingdoms are
sharing/trading off the actually organization and running there isn't much
Atlantia can do to enforce quality other than have input. But advice is
like.........well we have all heard that comment! So let us hope that
Atlantia has set the bar at a level the other kingdoms will strive to at least
achieve if not excel!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843553917-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>As for
the KWAC, I see no reason this competition could not be done and should not be
done in a multi-kingdom mode as well. The other model for this is the
Known World Scribal Symposium. This event rotates around all the kingdoms
in the SCA. My lady and I attended one in London, England. More
recently, it was held right in our backyard in North Carolina. No reason
the KWAC could not be done in similar fashion. If an archer is really just
dying to prove to the known world they are the best, then they travel to where
it is being held. Kinda like Olympic athletes. You go where the
competition is.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=843553917-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>cog</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Atkins<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 14, 2012 12:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Holly Gibbons'; archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Archers] Known World stuff<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=093252216-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Just
returning for three weeks out of country, so if this has been covered or seems
behind the discussion, apologies.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093252216-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I
think Atlantia continuing with the St. Sebastian shoot at Pennsic is the best
idea. I am one of those archers who could, given a good year, perhaps
qualify to be on the "Masters Team" but in recent years have chosen to step
aside and not shoot. My primary reason for this is twofold. 1 - I
do not shoot well when we shoot 6 shafts for high accuracy then wait 30 - 45
minutes or more to shoot the next station. 2 - More often than not the
shooting stations are not very interesting! While that may sound harsh,
about any archery at any event in Atlantia has MUCH more interesting shooting
stations. It's my vacation and I would like to be challenged AND have
fun. I view the SSB shoot as Atlantia showing the rest of the known
world how to set up and run an interesting novelty shoot that EVERYONE can
enjoy. I realize doing this shoot is a lot of work but hearing the
comments of those who participate makes it all worth the hassles. I
would hope that the other kingdoms are learning from Atlantia how to set up a
large scale interesting shoot (apologies if that sounds arrogant but Atlantia
has proven we can do a large scale interesting shoot!).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=093252216-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>As
for "cog's dog and pony show" (argg!!) my original thought was to
pattern the shoot after the GET at Gulf Wars. At that event/war, archers
qualify on site on the archery range in the days leading up to the
GET. The GET shoot then represents the "best of the best" who have shot
at that war and is moved to the main battle field so the populous can
watch. Thus using things like RR scores, royal's favorites, or "those
that always shoot" fall to the wayside and those who have actually shot the
best in the preceding days at that war are those who qualify. Running
even 100 archers through a shoot, even using multiple targets, could be very
time consuming. As the idea is to bring archery out of the back 40
located in Ohio ( :-) ) at Pennsic, the shoot has to be coordinated with
the battle field schedule/usage. That typically means in the later
afternoon and done somewhat quickly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=093252216-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>So I
think the idea of Atlantian maintaining the SSB and continued discussion of
the Known World Championship is still valid.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093252216-14092012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>cog</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>