[MR] Teenager abuse at Pennsic

[Cap'n BlackJack Flint]

I like that idea, but my question as far as the Chaperones go, would be a legal one.... Would we, with these teens being the ages they are, have to have Chaperones cleared via the normal routes as Ministers of Youth?? ((Meaning the background checks, et cetera))
And I agree with the other point, in that for the most part, I feel that those teens who would be interested/willing to partake in such an endeavor would be the ones who wouldn't be the type to cause problems anyway, which for their benefit would ensure them being "protected" to some degree from the problem "bad apples", as it were....
And as someone else pointed out, these young adults are also pretty much always willing to help out when asked, which means it woould also act as a central staffing pool, as it were... **laughs**
Anyway, back to my original point, for the legal eagles.... What would the requirements of such an encampment be for those who would be chaperoning????

 Until the next,
Yours in service,


Cap'n Jack "The Black" of Flint
((AKA: BlackJack))
Lord and Master of "The Raptor"
Brute for Hire



----- Original Message ----
> From: Beverly Robinson-Curry <brcurry at bellsouth.net>
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:52:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [MR] Teenager abuse at Pennsic
> 
> Just pondering...
> 
> Would it be feasible to plan a "teen's camp", with one or two designated
> adult chaperones?  They could only camp in it if they were at the allowable
> "unsupervised" age, and maybe with an upper limit of 18 or 19.  If placed in
> a "safe area", like the middle of the Serengeti, that would give them their
> need for independence, but without being in the way of others.  With the
> designated chaperones camping there, it would be like summer camp, with
> somebody monitoring to make sure there wasn't inappropriate activity
> occurring.  Parental information would be provided to the chaperones, so
> that if someone violated the major camp rules (like no drinking, no sex, no
> fighting), they could be kicked out and returned to their parents for the
> remainder of the war.  They could also be made to be responsible for their
> own camp set-up, maintenance and tear-down, which would give them a reason
> to have more interest in keeping things clean.
> 
> Rhiannon
> 
> Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill
> House Corvus, Atlantia
> 
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