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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good evening all, as promised I have talked with many key Officers tonight, to include Rozsa the Kingdom Seneschal and Sir Otto about this waiver issue. As much as I wanted it to be my decision it seems it is really not. The SCA has levied new rules for what they call “official announcements” and more will be coming concerning the use of “social media” such as Facebook and the like to advertise SCA events and information. The word I now understand is we have 2 ways of looking at things, this is what I was told;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If we advertise “official” practices or events on any site that is considered “official”, we must complete waivers for non-members and youth, period…..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If you don’t advertise practices on your branch web pages or other media sites considered official by the new rules, you will not be required to complete waivers…..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, it seems this is out of my hands as I can’t provide guidance that is encompassing to all. I would hate to not advertise practices only to save completion of some paperwork. Waivers are good for a month and don’t need to be done each time the same archers show up. They only need to be updated and then submitted at the end of the month.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So that is all I know at this point. I can tell you from my Webminster efforts there is more of this stuff to come and I still have no clue in hell how the Kingdom is going to manage all of these waivers? Maybe they will get enough complaints to change things, but at this point it seems we are stuck with this. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So to be clear, if you advertise Archery practice on your branch web page or even advertise it on Facebook with the SCA in the title, you WILL be required to complete and submit waivers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I hear anything different, I will let you know….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Service,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Janyn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>