Position Description
The Target Archery Marshal is the officer responsible for Archery activities within Wyewood.
The Target Archery Marshal is sometimes abbreviated as TAM or TM.
Requirements
To be the Target Archery Marshal of a Local Branch of the SCA, you must be a currently authorized Junior or Senior
TAM.
You must maintain your marshal's authorization for the duration of your term in office.
The Target Archery Marshal of a Local Branch of the SCA must be a current member of the SCA, Inc.
You must maintain your SCA Membership for the duration of your term in office.
Terms of office in Wyewood is traditionally two years.
The applicant must be at least 18 years of age in order to hold this office.
Although not required for this office, it is recommended that the Target
Archery Marshal have a working telephone number.
As email has become the approved medium for the dissemination of information and communication within the Barony
and the Kingdom at large, daily access to both email and the Internet is recommended.
Duties
The Target Archery Marshal is responsible for supervising Target Archery activities at local events and Practices.
To ensure that all archers on the range have a working knowledge of equipment and range safety.
All participants in Target Archery activities must have signed a waiver before participating.
Proof of having a waiver on file is the possession of a current blue SCA membership card.
Those that cannot produce this must sign a waiver for that event or fight practice.
This can be either an individual waiver, or a roster waiver.
Both can be found at http://www.sca.org/docs/waivers.html
Currently Wyewood holds it’s practice at Associated Energy Systems in Kent.
Depending on the season, and weather, archery practice time may change or be cancelled.
Information on day, time, location, and directions to the Archery Practice are available on the Wyewood website.
Ensuring that there is a warranted TAM present at all Wyewood events that have archery related activities.
If Wyewood’s Branch TAM cannot be present, a warranted TAM must be present in order to have an archery practice.
Ensuring that equipment conforms to the required minimums of the Kingdom regulations as listed in the An Tir Book of Target.
To ensure that Target archers and marshals in Wyewood receive proper training.
This does not mean that you have to do all the training, it does mean that you need to see that training is done.
To ensure that information is made available to all Wyewood Target Archers on equipment standards.
To help in this regard, you should probably subscribe to the marshals email list.
Keep records of all Target Archery activities.
Having your own records will help if there are questions about authorizations.
Submission of required quarterly reports to the appropriate superior marshal and the Wyewood Seneschal in accordance with the schedule requirements
listed in An Tir Kingdom Law and the An Tir Book of Combat.
Also keep a copy in your office files.
Include in inventory a record of loaner equipment.
Some of it has been donated to Wyewood; some has been merely loaned to Wyewood.
The owners of the armor are to be duly noted in the inventory.
You will need to develop a process that keeps track of any item that is loaned out, and how to recover or replace the item if lost or damaged.
The Target Archery Marshal will see to the maintenance of the Archery range and target butts.
The Target Archery Marshal is expected to inventory and maintain any Barony regalia, property and records assigned to or held by them.
They are expected to transfer these items in good order to their successor or to the Seneschal if no successor exists.
They are expected to arrange advertising for, or the training of a successor.
They are expected to attend regular officer and business meetings unless prior arrangements are agreed to.
They are expected to submit a yearly office budget to the Barony Financial Committee.
Maintain the printed handbook and update as needed to keep in compliance with the governing documents of the SCA, Inc.