SCA @ UVa

It may not seem like it, but the end of the semester is closer than it appears. What this means is that it is time for elections for next year's officers. I propose the timeline that if you are interested in a position that you let me know by March 30th and we hold the elections on April 5th (Dessert & Dance revel). Of course, if it happens that only one person runs for each position whether through coincidence or you all worked it out among yourselves, we will just declare these folks the new officers. The positions don't take much time and will look great on your resume. The positions are as follows:

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Hopefully this web site is easy to figure out, but if you have questions about how to do things, here's a well written guide for users who want to contribute here.

The main steps are:

I mentioned this idea at the dessert revel in December and got good feedback.

What do you think of these designs for club t-shirts? I still need to get the exact UVa colors, but these are close. Click for large versions.

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We're getting a small but pretty determined bunch of new fighters showing up at Thursday practices. Jen, shown here, comes all the way from JMU.

Eric, Charles and Jonathan look to be the new core of our fighting unit at UVa, with Timm and Paul leading the way. I can only hope that this mathematical progression continues for a few years.

Everyone seemed to have a good time, with lots of enthusiasm for dancing, promises to come to Thursday practice and a general feeling that we've got several new long-term members from the student population.

I had a rare quiet weekend at home, so I did I bunch of work in the shop. I pulled the old shield cover off my main shield to prepare it for receiving a new, untorn one, and I almost finished cutting down and refurbishing my old metal shield with the leather face. Here's a loaner shield I refurbished for new fighters.

It is fiberglassed plywood made and donated by Master Geoffrey. Considering how long it has been since Geoffrey or Grace have fought, this shield might be older than some of the First Years who will use it over the next year or so!

Though it is awful early to tell, I'm pleased with how fall fighter recruitment is going so far. Last year we had a huge turn out for heavy fighting the first night, with a very dramatic drop off the next week. Ultimately, we didn't keep any brand new students except Timm, who came all prepped and ready to go.
This year, the initial response was more moderate, but the follow up to the demo and the next practice was much better, especially considering that the second practice was way off at the stadium parking deck due to rain.

This "Book" is a place to collect all the recruiting-related bits and pieces of this web site in one place.

You don't have to make an entry for this book--any entry of any kind can be added to the Recruiting Book's outline.