[Sca-List] [SCA-List] 5/19/2007 Society Revised Youth Policy

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From: Barbara Krege <krege at aps.edu>
Date: 11-Jul-2007 15:26
Subject: [outlands] 5/19/2007 Society Revised Youth Policy
To: Barbara Krege <KREGE at aps.edu>, Seneschals at yahoogroups.com,
Outlands_Officers at yahoogroups.com, Outlands-MOC at yahoogroups.com,
OutlandsYouthTeam at yahoogroups.com, Outlands at yahoogroups.com,
al-Barran at yahoogroups.com, seneschal at outlands.org, syrgiovanni at aol.com

 Unto the Outlands Seneschals and Ministers of Children, the Outlands Youth
Team and the great populace of the Outlands, does Lady Jayne Barber, Kingdom
Minister of Children send greetings.

Master Aaron Swiftrunner, Society Seneschal  (George Reed, V.P. of
Operations, SCA, Inc.)  issued a May 19, 2007 Memorandum expanding the
Society Seneschal Policy for Youth Activities (in the Society Seneschal's
Handbook) to clarify requirements, responsibilities, enforcement, and
repercussions for noncompliance. It affects all participants in SCA events
and went into effect May 19, 2007, to be reviewed by the Board of Directors.

I had been waiting to send you this information, awaiting the Board review.
As of the submission of this letter to you on July 11, 2007, there has been
no report on the various lists of any BOD decision. Therefore I have decided
to send this information to you and will send in the future any future
updates, including the Board's response.

I have attached the original memorandum, which requires Adobe Acrobat
Reader, 7.0 to read.   I also have attached a copy in Word for those who are
unable to open the Adobe Acrobat Reader.   I also included said content
below.

In service to the Outlands,

Jayne Barber

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Memorandum

To:
*SCA Officers, members, and participants*

CC:
*SCA Corporate Office, SCA Board of Directors*

From:
*George L. Reed, Vice President of Operations, SCA, Inc.*

Date:
*5/19/2007*

Re.
*Revised youth policy

_____________________________________________________________________________
*

What:
*The Society Seneschal Policy for Youth Activities has been expanded to
clarify requirements, responsibilities, enforcement, and repercussions for
noncompliance. Please see the attached document stating the precise policy.*

Who does this policy affect:
*All participants in SCA events as defined in Corpora.*

When is this new policy in effect: The policy went into effect 19, May, 2007

Does this policy receive further review?
*Yes. The Board of Directors will review this policy at the June, 2007
conference call and uphold, overturn, or return the document for further
work.*

What does this policy do?

*
This policy outlines the specific, minimum supervisory requirements for
Youth Activities at SCA events as defined in Corpora. Any use of the term
"event" in this policy refers to the definition in Corpora.
This policy outlines the specific remedies for noncompliance available to
and required of SCA officials in charge of events.
This policy codifies the requirement for parental/guardian responsibilities
for minors that they bring to SCA events.
This policy outlines the specific remedies for noncompliance available to
and required of SCA officials in charge of events.*

Who do I contact with questions or concerns?
*You may contact the issuing authority--the Society Seneschal and Vice
President of Operations of the SCA, or the Board of Directors.*

*

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*

REVISED: VIII. Children's Activities

See Appendix A for additional guidelines for Youth activities in the SCA

A. Requirement:
*The *"Two Deep" *Rule. For all organized SCA activities for minors {known
in the SCA as Youth Activities}, a minimum of two adults (at or above the
age of legal majority in the state, province, or country in which the
activity occurs), unrelated to one another by blood, marriage, or
relationship, must be present. This policy does not relieve parents or
guardians of their primary responsibility for the welfare and behavior of
their children. *Parents (or guardians) who bring minors to an event (as
defined in Corpora) must ensure their children's activities are compliant
with SCA Governing Documents, Laws, Policies, and site rules--to include any
Kingdom--or event--rules regarding a requirement for minors 12 and under to
be within sight/sound of responsible parent/guardian at all times. *This
policy is not subject to variance nor does it permit pre-existing
non-conforming activities.*

B. Authority:
*This policy is executed under the authority of the Vice President of
Operations of the SCA, Inc., (Society Seneschal) and covers all events as
defined in Corpora.*

C. Enforcement:
*Individuals in charge of events are required to enforce this policy. If an
activity begins with compliance, but the number of un-related adults present
drops below two, the activity will cease at once and not resume until
compliance is re-established. Persons in charge of events are required to
report to their branch superior when non-compliance has been discovered.*

D. Penalties for noncompliance:

                        a. Violation of the "two-deep" rule.  *

i. When activities with minors present are out of compliance, the official
discovering the lapse will correct it immediately or terminate the activity.
All lapses require a report of the incident to the official's superior.
Under emergency conditions it is expected that persons in charge will act to
ensure safety first and compliance second.

ii. Individuals who knowingly violate this policy will be banned from
representing the SCA as an officer in the operations chain via
administrative sanctions as described in Corpora Section X, and the Uniform
Sanction Procedure.

*                                                   b. Neglect of Parental
(or Guardian) responsibility for minors:*

i. If an event/branch/SCA officials find minors in breach of SCA Governing
Documents, Laws, Policies, or site rules they will (for a first offense)
escort the minors to their parent/guardian and issue a verbal warning. A
report on the incident will be tendered to the Kingdom Seneschal.

ii. On a second offense at a given event, the parents(s)/guardian(s) will be
required to keep their minor(s) with them for the remainder of the function.
A report on the incident will be tendered to the Kingdom and Society
Seneschal.

iii. On a third offense, the minor(s) *and* parent(s)/guardian(s) will be
expelled from the event, and the matter will be reported to the Kingdom and
Society Seneschals.

 iv. Habitual offenders will be subject to review by Kingdom and Society
level for possible sanctions.
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