[Steppes] Apologize to our Knight Marshal

[Mike]

No problem on my part about this mix up. So do not worry about it.

Position of Deputy Knight Marshal - yes it is open.

Some things for anyone who is thinking about applying and in no order -

The individual who becomes the deputy Knight Marshal - will be a 
warranted officer of the Barony, with a good chance of being the next 
Knight Marshal. No promises on this!

If practice is being held on Sunday afternoon at 2 PM, then you are 
expected to attend. Really do not care if you have gone to an event on 
Saturday, you will need to be at the Sunday afternoon practice by 2 PM.

Before anyone decides to go off the deep end - be FULLY AWARE OF THE 
FOLLOWING:
The previous 2 Knight Marshals - Sir Morgan and Centurion Hrafn would 
attend events on Saturday, fought in them, pack up either Saturday night 
or Sunday morning to be back in town to hold Sunday afternoon fighter 
practice by 2 PM. This included Autumn Melees!

(Note - with neighboring kingdom wishing to have more War/Melee with 
Ansteorra at Autumn Melees in November - looking to make that weekend 
one of the very few weekends in which there will be no fighter practice 
held on Sunday afternoon of that weekend. Why - majority of the fighters 
has expressed the desire to attend this.)

Assist as one of the Marshals for Steppes Warlord, if the individual is 
an authorized heavy marshal - this is one thing that I will be insisting on.

The deputy Knight Marshal will need to get know all the active heavy 
fighters (those who regularly attend the practice) and more importantly 
the active heavy fighters need to know the deputy KM. This includes how 
well the interaction between both sides, which I will take that into 
account as well.

There will be people who will be attending Sunday afternoon practice, 
regardless of the weather. Rain or Shine. Hot or Cold. People will be 
attending, also whether the KM and/or deputy is present or not.

We also hold a July 4th, fighter practice and have been for the last 5 
years.
Fighter practice has also been held on -
Thanksgiving weekend.- this has become standard
Christmas Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year Day
Easter - standard
And I will continue to hold fighter practice on the above dates through 
the rest of my duration in office.

There are two exceptions:
- extremely low temperatures (wind chills in 20's or lower) and/or with 
snow and ice on the roads and the ground. If the temperature is in the 
upper 30's or lower 40's with a bit of fine Scottish weather, then 
practice has been held and will continue to be held.

- if there is an event that the majority of the active heavy fighters 
(those who regularly attend the practice) wish to attend an event for 
that weekend. Which usually mean about 6 weeks advance notice.

I will not ask anyone to be my deputy - either that person has the 
backbone to attend the practice and ask me face to face or they do not. 
And be aware that I will ask some questions regarding this job and they 
will be based upon almost 9 years of attending the local fighter 
practice and seeing all the various concerns and issues that has come 
about over that time.

Ok, there it is - this office of being the deputy KM is a committed 
position and will give the individual a good idea of what they can 
expect as the KM when I step down in January 1st, 2009.

Sunday afternoon fighter practice will be held again on March 23rd, 2008 
at 2 PM, which is after Gulf Wars. Anyone wanting to apply can come out 
there at that time. Will not accept emails not phone calls on this matter.

YIS,
Ld Michael Kettering
Steppes KM



Margarite McBridin wrote:
> Greetings to the fine Barony of the Steppes.
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> I had announced at business meeting (Feb and Mar) as well as Feb populace that Mike’s warrant was up in July.  This is not in fact the case.  His warrant is in fact up in Jan of 09. 
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> To Mike, I apologize for this, it was a simple error.  I was mis-remembering your warranting because of your duties as deputy to Hrafn.  I thought, however erroneously, that you were warranted at the same Red Tape as I was in July of 06 . 
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> I believe that the position of deputy Knight Marshal is still available for those who were looking to put in for this office.  Is that correct, Mike? 
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> Again apologies to Mike and the office is NOT yet open for bids.
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> HL Margarite
> Steppes Seneschal
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> Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.
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