ST - Fighting in Steppes

[Mordock von Rugen]

With respect - to serve the fighting community, I have to consider primarily 
the needs and desires of those who fight.  Without meaning any disrespect to 
any others, that means that I cannot give as much weight to the opinions of 
those who may attend at some future time, or to the opinions of those who 
have attended in the past and have no plans to attend in the future.

Fighting in the barony must not be held hostage to memory, speculation, or 
apathy.  To do the duty of the office I signed up for, I must give greatest 
weight to the fighters who regularly attend fighter practice.  Following 
them in precedence are fighters who attend ocassionally, potential future 
fighters from our populace, and fighters who might attend if something that 
keeps them from currently attending changes, finally followed by opinions 
voiced by the general populace.

Please, as you voice your opinions, keep this simple fact in mind.  Also, 
please target your input toward how the park supports or fails to support 
fighting in a safe environment.  Tradition does not satisfy current need.  
Memory doesn't disappear if we move, and it also does not satisfy current 
need.

This month of feedback is to consider whether there is need, and if need 
exists what will satisfy it.

Thanks in advance for your courtesy and your consideration on this matter.

Dux


>From: "averial jackson" <averialj at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: ST - Re: ES - flagpole Hill
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:11:27 -0500
>
>With respect.   We're talking about Steppes Fighter Practice.  Not just one
>group of fighters.  I understand that the largest group of fighters at this
>time are amoung ya'll group but Steppes must look at the entire group.  
>Also
>just because I sit at home on Sunday and do not waterbear or teach does not
>mean I will not be at Steppes Fighter Practice in the future.
>
>Averial Thorhalla
>
>
>>From: "Trish Kvamme" <ladyoftherose at hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>>To: steppes at ansteorra.org
>>Subject: Re: ST - Re: ES - flagpole Hill
>>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:06:12 -0000
>>
>>*Giggle*
>>
>>I can just see all these Gladiators running about with their knees
>>together,
>>thanks Don Alaric *grin*
>>
>>Let me explain my position for those of you who may not understand.  And
>>first state that I am an honest and direct person, and do not like to 
>>mince
>>words.
>>
>>Lord Richard is our squire.  Duncan and I both interact and teach the
>>squires, apprentices and protege's in our household.
>>
>>Lord Richard also swore an oath of fealty to us.  Part of our oath to him
>>was to protect and defend him, as well as teach and nurture him.
>>
>>Allowing him to be set aside and not able to practice or play with 
>>everyone
>>else would be in my eyes oath breaking.  We take our commitments 
>>seriously.
>>I have chosen most often to not go to Flagpole Hill, but I had a choice, 
>>he
>>doesn't.
>>
>>I would have made the same statements for any other person had they been
>>necessary, please know that.  However, many of the fighters at that
>>practice
>>are our squires, and they are driving over an hour to a practice where 
>>they
>>have no water, they are uncomfortable, the cannot use the restroom or wash
>>their hands.
>>
>>I am all about tradition.  However, this is where the fighters go to
>>practice, and I don't see why anyone who is content to sit in their homes
>>on
>>Sunday, not fight, not waterbear, not come out and talk to the interested
>>newcomers (and there are lots at the new proposed site) would be upset
>>about
>>moving the place where the fighters practice.  This isn't about hurting
>>anyone's feelings, it is about practicality and growth.
>>
>>Now, if you were talking about changing the name of the Barony, the 
>>device,
>>the coronets, making a Baronial guard or creating a new award for the
>>group,
>>then I can see all the discussions and hoopla.
>>
>>But this is my opinion, and I know that others feel differently, which is
>>what makes us diverse and interesting.
>>
>>However, Duncan and I have a responsibility to our squires, apprentices 
>>and
>>protege's and will be working with them at the park at Keller Springs and
>>Kelly on the Sundays we are in town, and on those that we are not, the
>>senior fighters will still be there to teach and practice, and I maintain
>>that as with all of our practices and open houses, anyone is welcome.
>>
>>If some deity sheds a light on a superior site that is not an hours drive
>>from the active fighters as Flag Pole is, has nice amenities and everyone
>>is
>>happy about it, then we are open for further exploration.
>>
>>So please understand that, while I know that the site can have some 
>>special
>>memories, and respect that, I have the needs of squires who are working on
>>their skills to think of, and that is what influences my decision.
>>
>>Larissa, writing not as Princess, but the head of a large household in
>>Steppes.
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