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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Greetings Good Gentles, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My missive is written as a mini history lesson and
to perhaps clear a few misperceptions about Arrows' Flight . .
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've been in the College for the last 10
years, and have seen a lot of people come and go, (so many times I've
taught someone to fight with Rapier, just to have them move to another
group, sigh; -oh well the Arte of Defence is being spread to new
area's, right!? ) I have taken a couple of sabbaticals
myself when mundania has interfered with my fun. . . but back to my missive.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Before it was a "College, Arrows' Flight was a
"Canton", (a group that is under the sponsorship of a
larger group, in our case, the Barony of Loch
Salan). We switched from Canton to College because for some
time many of our numbers were made up from the student population (BYU and
UVSC). A college is like a shire, but has some leeway built
into it's governance to accomodate fluctuating numbers. The demographics
of our group are changing yet again. More people are playing who are
not students, some of the old-timers are joining us once again, new people are
playing, etc. This is apparently prompting the thought among some of
us of changing our status to shire. The posting here by
Morgan is the first I've heard of some member's wanting to change our
status -- but then mundania has been trying to eat me lately, but not quite
succeeding, so I've been a wee bit out of the loop! I do hope to
make it to Solstice. :) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The area has been through a series of names since it was
first started, I believe in the early seventies. The ones I know
are: the Incipient Shire of Coracal, (AS 14) -- then changed to Denu
Shaw (Valley of the Trees), then Dunna Mirth (Happy Valley), followed by
Cun Mythlem, and in mid AS 23, to Amythyst Vale. I'm not sure when it was
changed to the Canton of Arrows' Flight, but has been known by that name since I
moved here from 1000 Eyes in 1993. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tangl thank you for the information, and the "voice of
experience" It is helpful to have that sort of knowlege, when
looking at perhaps changing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>YIS, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Lady KyneWynn the Kind </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>College of Arrows' Flight </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=yourguess03@yahoo.com href="mailto:yourguess03@yahoo.com">John
Johnson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tangl@myway.com
href="mailto:tangl@myway.com">tangl@myway.com</A> ; <A
title=artemisia@lists.gallowglass.org
href="mailto:artemisia@lists.gallowglass.org">Kingdom of Artemisia mailing
list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 24, 2003 4:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artemisia] Arrows Flight
status, and other answers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>> It will sound TOTALLY lame, but it's because you haven't asked to
be.</DIV>
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<DIV>To my knowledge there has been at least 3 groups in your area
and all three were at one time were either a shire or incipent shire.
The request to make the area a College to my understanding came by request of
those living in the area.</DIV>
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<DIV>Michael<BR></DIV>
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