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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000
size=3>Unfortunately due to mundane family issues (my mother is scheduled for
eye surgery and out of town family visiting for Thanksgiving) I will be unable
to participate in either of these demos.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=3>We are
getting to crunch time here for both of these demos—If we are going to do these
events people need to start VOLUNTEERING to help and get things organized.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Otherwise we might as well bow out
gracefully.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would much rather see
the Barony have to back out now than have us look like idiots later when we
don’t get anything together (or no one bothers to show up).</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=3>Both
of these demos are wonderful opportunities for us to put on a good show,
introduce people to the SCA, and/or recruit new members, but unless we start NOW
we are going to do the Barony a big disservice and hurt our image in the
community.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=3>5 and
6 weeks may seem like a long time—but trust me (I’ve done this for 5 years with
the Montgomery Middle School Demo) it is not a lot of time to coordinate who is
able to do what and where—what “stuff” is needed—what “legal” issues do we have
to deal with…. Who is going to be there and when are the actually going to show
up (remember demos run on REAL time not SCA time).</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000 size=3>Sorry
if this seemed harsh—my filters probably need to be changed</FONT></P>
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