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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Greetings unto the populace
of Raven’s Fort,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Normally I would do this at
the Beginning of the month but due to recent happenings I will need to do this
early. I believe there was a misinterpretation of a posting then one that was nowhere
near on topic. I have contacted all who where involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">General use guidelines for the Raven's Fort list</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">1) This list is to be used for Raven's Fort</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">information. This list was not intended for personal</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">issues or issues regarding other organizations aside</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">from the SCA. Here are some questions you
need to ask yourself</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">before you post: There are 82 or so people that are</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">subscribed to this list, do you want all of them<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> to</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">know this information? Is this related to RF or SCA,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">i.e. demos, fighter practice, guild meetings, and things</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;">of this nature? Could this statement be interpreted</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">as sarcastic, snide, vulgar or rude?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Airing personal issues such as grudges, etc will</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">not be tolerated. The following is the revised policy</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Effective April 9, 2002. It will be<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> re-posted monthly</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">so everyone is very clear about the consequences. The</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">easiest way to avoid this is</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> discretion, if someone</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">attacks you, wait. Do not reply, I know this is hard,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">but that means the person who initiated the attack is</span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">the only one with repercussions.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">This policy applies to personal drama and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> slander.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">a) First incident: If an individual submits an</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">objectionable post, they and anyone who responds</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">will be publicly warned on the list.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">b) Second incident: This is progressive, 1hr or 6</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">months, it</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> doesn't matter. If the exchange begins</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">again, or the same person begins a new incident,
they</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">are off of the list for 30 days. This also applies</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">to anyone who posts more than one reply before I can</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">warn him or her.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">c) Third incident: This also is progressive. Same</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;">situation as above, off for 60 days.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">d) Fourth incident: This is also progressive. Same</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">situation as above, off<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> permanently.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">There is also another situation that will get a
member</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">removed from the list permanently, with NO WARNING. If</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">you make terroristic threats, which include any</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">kind of bodily harm, you will be removed and not</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">allowed back on the list. I think everyone on this</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">list is an adult and knows the difference between</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">good-natured fighter<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> threats (Death to Trimaris! and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">fighter practice references) and actual threats.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">I hope I have made this very clear. I don't have</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> any</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">intention of being a censor or judge for this list; my</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">expectation is that EVERYONE in this Barony is mature</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">and intelligent enough to abide by these simple rules.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Don't be ugly to each other. That's it. And if<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> you</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">feel compelled to be ugly, do it in private. That's</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">not cowardly, that's being honorable and dealing with</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">your personal life in a manner in which people can</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">respect you. I'm not asking everyone to be best</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">friends, just don't air dirty laundry on the list.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;">Everyone needs to remember that this list is a</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">privilege, not a right. If anyone has any<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> questions</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">or would like to discuss this e-mail, please contact</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">me.<br>
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