[Northkeep] An issue at fighter practice

[Jerry Herring]

See I told you I needed rest...that should have said fighter practice.

sigh

Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Herring" <j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Northkeep" <Northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:57 PM
Subject: [Northkeep] An issue at fighter practice


> Greetings Northkeep,
>
> Tonight at populace meeting one of the scrolls for our upcoming Castellan 
> event was damaged because children running about bumped the table where 
> the artisans were working. I do not know the extent of the damage or if 
> the weeks of work that went into the scroll were ruined. This is not only 
> a real shame it is a real disappointment.
>
> Children are more than welcome at fighter practice, so are parents, but if 
> you are going to bring your child to any event or meeting you need to make 
> sure that they are well behaved and at the very least they respect the 
> other people in attendance and their space. There is plenty of room for 
> everyone at the hall and the fact that tonight the children who caused 
> this issue were warned multiple times to not run through the area and yet 
> they still did. The artisans working even moved out of the way so that 
> they were in an unobtrusive area as possible and still this happened. I 
> know it was likely an accident and that kids will be kids, but this is not 
> the first time such problems have occurred at the hall. I have to wonder 
> why the kids were running inside unattended in the first place. If the 
> kids need to run there is a perfectly good park across the street. If you 
> are a parent and you come to fighter practice or any SCA meeting with your 
> child please make certain that you child is under control, please bring 
> something for them to do that does not involve running around the 
> building. If this damage had occurred to one of the VFW's display pieces 
> it could have cost us not only the use of the hall but it could have 
> possibly ruined an irreplaceable piece of American military memorabilia.
>
> Please continue to bring your families to practice, and please have fun 
> when you get there, please just do so with more care, and please do not 
> let this kind of issue occur again.
>
> Kindly
> Ian
> Baron
>
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