[Loch-Ruadh] FW: [Ansteorra-announce] Pennsic class changes! please read!

[Kathy Varner]

Catrin ferch Rhys
Kathy





----Original Message Follows----
From: jen funk segrest <jen at verybigdesign.com>
To: ansteorra-announce at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra-announce] Pennsic class changes! please read!
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:16:05 -0500

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


thanks, griz
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THL Elspeth Grizel of Dunfort, OW, APFx2, OE, ODH
Barony Flaming Gryphon, Midrealm
“Nisi esse exemplum bonum potest, exempla horrendus”
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