I have always liked the idea of mentors & 'understudies' but not so much the payment idea, unless as some sort of reward towards an MIT's training requirements.<br><br><br>YIS<br>S<br><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 1:11 PM, John Atkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cogworks@triad.rr.com" target="_blank">cogworks@triad.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">If the
other kingdoms are not champing at the bit to do the St. Sebastian I think
Atlantia should continue. Now, having said that a few
things.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">First
I think your mention of a marshal at each shooting station is not
neccessary. At SAAD only those stations requring some form of non-shooter
involvement, i.e. causing motion, timed, are staffed by a marshal. If we
are an honorable society and we all know archers are THE most honorable among
us, then I don't think a marshal is required for every
station.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">In my
local area we have discussed the need for understudies, i.e. instigating a
mentor system. As we know, running a shoot of this size successfully takes
a high degree of organization and planning. Few are able to simply jump in
and "make it happen" without prior experience. There are many who would
like to jump right in but often their results are less than satifactory.
As such I think it a good idea to appoint a "deputy" to the main lead for this
shoot.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">To
elicite more assistance with set up, tear down and marshalling we might consider
offering "bonus points" to those who assist with these activities. These
points could either be added to their shooting score to better increase their
chance of winning or have a "helper's" category with it's own "prize". OK,
it is flagrant buying of help but it often works.</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">We missed last year's Pennsic as we had, just had to spend
my two weeks in Italy touring some really old buildings followed by one week in
Ireland trying to wash away my sorrows of missing Pennsic with pints of
Guiness. :-) However, we are planning on being at Pennsic again next
year and am willing to assist however needed.</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">cog</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"><font face="Tahoma"><div class="im">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" target="_blank">archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" target="_blank">archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jay
Nardone<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 03, 2012 11:35 PM<br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" target="_blank">archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a><br></div><div class="im"><b>Subject:</b> [Archers] St. Sebastians
III?????<br><br></div></font></div><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good evening everyone, as we now enter into November (wow
where the heck did this year go?), I wanted to get the pulse of how you the
Atlantian Archery community is feeling about the St. Sebastian’s shoot going
forward. Before I contact Lord Godric to find out if the East or Mid are even
thinking about running it, I wanted to find out how you all are feeling about
possibly running it again next year. Now before we go down the path of
“absolutely yes or what are you thinking?” I want to make a few points very
clear. I have already talked with a lot of you and heard comments like “it is
one of the only reasons I want to go to Pennsic,” or “it is really the only
real fun I have in martial activities at Pennsic,” etc…. That is all fine and
well but I also understand and have talked with quite a few of the regulars
that have given up a good part of their vacations to put this shoot on the
last 2 years. So before I even offer for Atlantia to think about hosting the
shoot again ,I would like to hear your thoughts. I will be very blunt and open
and state that I think it is time for some of our marshal’s and archers who
have not helped over the last 2 years to contribute targets and marshal the
event. I perfectly understand if some of our contributors from the last 2
years want to take a year off, they have well deserved that! But, at the same
time we cannot pull off this shoot if we don’t have enough target stations and
marshals to run it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have tried 2 approaches so far with scheduling for the
shoot and I think I have come up with a 3<sup>rd</sup> that would ease the
numbers we would need. If we are thinking about 12-14 stations again, I was
thinking that if we had a marshal per station for a 4 hour morning shift, and
then they switch with relief to take the afternoon 4 shift, this would cut the
number of needed marshals down to 28 or so which is about the number of
volunteers we get each year. BUT! This would need to be a majority of folks
that have not stepped up to help over the last 2 years. I’m sure some of you
will offer again such as I, but I would like to see some new faces
contributing to what has become a real staple of Pennsic now! I would offer to
organize it again this year but would also like to see a volunteer to be MIC
for the event next year.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So again, before I contact Godric, what are your thoughts
about next year? Please remember just saying “yes” won’t be enough, we will
need to backup your offers with help!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In Service,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Janyn<u></u><u></u></p>
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