[Ansteorra-announce] Pennsic class changes! please read!

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Hello from the Middle! We are spreading news of drastci and wide 
sweeping changes they announced to the the A&S classes at Pennsic, if 
you teach or attend classes, it effects you!

  PLEASE FORWARD EVERYWHERE!
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New rules as follows, READ #3!!!
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1. Children’s classes will no longer be held in private camps. This is 
an absolute, with no exceptions. Every child’s class will be held in an 
A&S tent or at Children’s Point. Martial or Archery classes will be 
held at the appropriate places designated by the Marshals or teachers. 
This policy is for the well-being and safety of the children.

2. A&S tents will no longer be available for any private parties in the 
evenings. This policy has become necessary due to misuse of the 
facilities by some people in prior years.

3. There will be no signup for classes. Classes will be entirely done 
on a first-come, first-served basis. After 8 years of doing prior 
signup for classes, a new idea is being tested. This will be easier for 
the students, who no longer have to get up at 0-dark-thirty to stand in 
line in the rain or the heat, or miss classes due to the afternoon 
sign-up. This will also make life easier for the teachers. They will no 
longer have to pick up class lists at A&S Point prior to their class. 
They will no longer be obligated to lead students to private camps. 
However, they will be obligated to write out DETAILED DIRECTIONS to the 
camp where the class is being held once they arrive on site. This can 
be done when the teachers check-in at A&S Point. The teachers will be 
allowed to limit the number of handouts or kits available. However, 
they will be obligated to take any extra students waiting for their 
class as auditors, unless this is a safety issue. If this is the case, 
please make a note on the application to teach mentioning the maximum 
number of auditors you are willing to take. The procedure for this will 
be simple. Just line up outside the A&S tent that the class will be 
held in prior to the class. If the class is being held in a private 
camp, the students must get directions at A&S Point. Please remember 
that this is an experiment. It is the first time that this has been 
tried. There will probably be some frustrations for a few students or 
teachers, but we believe that this will be a welcome idea for the great 
majority.

4. Only “official classes” will be posted in the Pennsic A&S schedule 
Any class at Pennsic which was not scheduled though Mistress Chai’usun 
or Dame Catriona is not part of the official A&S program.

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Online petition to protest newest A&S changes at Pennsic:
http://www.petitiononline.com/PWAS/petition.html

OR/ALSO write your opinions to:
email boxes flooded with mail is necessary folks!

CC: all three

Lord Mayor of Pennsic
Viscount Edward Zifran of Gendy
mayor33 at pennsicwar.org

Dame Catriona Mac Duff
Deputy Mayor of Cultural Affairs for Pennsic 33
aands at pennsicwar.org

Scheduling Deputy
Mistress Chai'usun
asclasses at pennsicwar.org


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