<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>I think this is a wonderful idea and applaud the initiative.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Katarzyna</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div><font size="2"><div><i><font size="3" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Lady Katarzyna Witkowska</font></i></div><div><font size="3" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Poeta Atlantiae</font></div><div><font size="3" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Seneschal, Barony of Bright Hills</font></div></font></div><div><font size="3" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"></font><font size="3" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"> </font></div><div><font size="3" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;" class="MsoBodyText"><span style='font-family: "Georgia", "serif";'>"Poetry is nearer to vital
truth than history." ~Plato, <i>Ion</i></span></div><font face="Times New Roman"></font></div></font></div><div><font size="2"></font></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "jaynardone@comcast.net" <jaynardone@comcast.net><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> Monday, November 19, 2012 8:37 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Archers] Youth Target Archery Marshal Program<br> </font>
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<div id="yiv1738982900"><style type="text/css">#yiv1738982900 p {margin:0;}</style><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Good morning everyone, after consultation and discussions with the EM and the King, I was granted permission to lower the minimum age for our Youth Target Archery program from the current 15 years old, to 13 years old. I know there was discussion in the past about this minimum age and this was why it was set to 15. My obserevations this year show that we have had no one in the program as of yet and I feel it is because the age range is set too high. With that small of a window, many youth are leaving the SCA to do real life activities as their lives become more busy. I strongly feel that widening the window gives us more chance to work with and possibly retain some of our youth. I have worked with 2 youth this year that are 13 and I know of a few other marshals that have approached me with
youth in their care that are also 13 or so that would make wonderful candidates.</div>
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<div>I dont think any of us want this to turn into a babysitting service or select youth that are not mature enough. This is where the sponsoring marshal comes into play. Those youth nominations will be based on your judgement of their maturity and character. As these youth will never be on the range alone anyway, I dont see any issues going forward. I think this is an important program to assure that our ranks are filled with the best Atlantia can provide. Afterall, the youth are our future!</div>
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<div>In Service,</div>
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<div>Janyn</div>
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