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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm sorry, I utterly fail to see how requesting a
clear, concise, published rule is a problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If we're going to turn people away from the
list/event for wearing something which doesn't</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>meet some criteria, it our responsibility to make
the criteria known. Consider yourself</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>driving five hours to an event under the assumption
that your footwear is a "reasonable</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>attempt". Pretty ambiguous evaluation of your
footwear...bet you'd be pretty pissed off</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to get there and find that your idea of a
"reasonable attempt" doesn't match that of the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>locals.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Valentyn</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At 02:05 PM 8/3/99 EDT, you wrote:<BR>>In a
message dated 08/03/1999 12:33:08 PM EST, <A
href="mailto:saroff@poseidon.vs.lmco.com">saroff@poseidon.vs.lmco.com</A>
<BR>>writes:<BR>><BR>><< If it is an aesthetic problem,
that the rules should be clearly defined<BR>> and placed in Black Star and on
the web site. The rules need to be <BR>>publicised<BR>> in advance,
>><BR>>Here we go again. Publish rules make things harder on people. Oh
if it is not <BR>>a written rule we can't in-force it sorry. <BR>>SCA has
gone to this rule writing. What happen to the founding principal of <BR>>SCA
that we would live how Arthur would have lived and promote the values.
<BR>>What happened to us all behaving because we all knew the proper way to
behave <BR>>not because a rule was written down. We are not promoting
these values it we <BR>>always have to have a list of rules.
<BR>><BR>>Teach in new classes. Donna, Gwen, and Mara has always done
that. They do a <BR>>great job. Mentoring a new person has been done for
years and those are the <BR>>people who stay and build the
organization. If you want to solve the problem <BR>>with the boots give
a class on correct footwear on the field at a fighter <BR>>practice. Write an
article for the local and kingdom newsletter. That is how <BR>>to reach
people and get them on your side. Teach TEACH!!!!<BR>><BR>>Inservice
forever<BR>><BR>>Ly Maili Donnel MacGregor<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>