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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>We should be able to meet wherever we want. I see no reason to confuse the two questions of where to meet and whether we are a U-M organization. We have met on and off campus in different eras with little effect on our student org. status.<BR>
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One member in 1980 was a law student; thanks to his management of the “law student SCA group” we met in the Law Quad for a while. We’d build a fire in the fireplace and have dance practice in front of it. Over the next few years we met in many different campus locations based on members’ connections, such as a student in West Quad.<BR>
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To address Robyn’s idea: we met and have workshops during 1981-82 at my apartment near Michigan Stadium. We also had arms and dance practices Sundays in the back yard. This worked for a small budding group full of enthusiasm, and was great fun, but once we got past thirty people, it got way too crowded. If we have few people attending because of the location, the solution has to accommodate more than the few.<BR>
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Aaron’s points: Regarding requirements, including “U of M” in the name, I would mention the U of M Sailing Club, which has been around longer than we have, does not meet on campus, and is run by people my age. Like them, we probably enjoy some unofficial “grandfather-clause” status. I see no reason to throw away whatever benefit the U-of-M connection offers.<BR>
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I don’t think the term “parasitic” reflects the intention of the group over the long term. When we first began meeting on campus (1980), we had more students or very-recent ex-students such as myself than of anything else. This was typical of SCA groups across the country. It was also typical of University clubs in general: I myself continued as president/instructor of the U of M Fencing Club (which continues to this day under that name) for two years after my student status expired (1974). It was one of my students who introduced me to the SCA and led to all this.<BR>
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Due to the fantasy/literary/academic basis of our activities and interests at the time, campuses were the prime recruiting ground for the SCA. We considered our presence on campus as an enrichment of the University community. The university and the various clubs’ members appreciate the experience veteran members bring, that can’t be created in anyone’s four years. <BR>
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I don’t know what the marketing experts of the SCA now believe our prime audience is, or whether the campus is where to connect with it.<BR>
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So... Since I don’t drink beer....how’s the wine list?<BR>
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Daibhid<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Aaron Elkiss <aelkiss@umich.edu><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Fri, 28 May 2010 21:16:26 -0400<BR>
<B>To: </B>deforest piper <darnpiper@yahoo.com><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><barony@cynnabar.org><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [Cynnabar] meeting minutes for 5/24/10<BR>
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I've attached a portion of the official student group requirements below. Also see <a href="http://studentorgs.umich.edu/guidebook/requirements">http://studentorgs.umich.edu/guidebook/requirements</a><BR>
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