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Re: Houston we have a problem! by Kelly Richan - Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 05:42 PM

Official Lawspeaker response... First, Pagan Pride is a public event, we have no idea who will attend. Odds are that at some point during the day someone with a shady past is going to be on the premises, just like at any event open to the public held in a public place. Unfortunately that's just a risk you have to deal with, but I would hope it's one that everyone, especially "responsible parents", have always been aware of while planning this and past year's Pagan Pride events, and it's not something that was only just realized. Second, PPD is not Northern Wisdom Kindred. Pagan Pride Day is merely being sponsored by the Kindred according to PPD sponsorship rules, as well as by other pagan groups we have no affiliation with. Besides Ursea's personal involvement in both things there is no affiliation between the Northern Wisdom Kindred and Pagan Pride Day, correct? I don't see how the people we choose to associate with as a Kindred should have any relevance for a decision to attend Pagan Pride or not, since they're unrelated entities. That should be the end of it as far as Pagan Pride is concerned, unless I mistake the role of the Kindred in organizing it. As far as how the Kindred should respond to her concerns... We are a very family-friendly kindred and if we think there is a risk to our children we will take quick and serious action to fix it, she is obviously not familiar with the workings of the kindred or she would know that. However, we will not demonize a person just because their name appears on a website. At least, as Lawspeaker, that is what I believe the official position of the kindred should be (which is up for discussion). Obviously if she chooses not to bring her children to Kindred functions that's her responsibility, and we would respect that. As far as what to do about people who may be trying to damage our Kindred's reputation, I think we should discuss is at the meeting. In the mean time we need to differentiate between personal conflicts and kindred conflicts, and make sure our responses are appropriate. We know there's a vocal minority in the pagan community that has issue with certain members of the Kindred, but that should not be extended to include the Kindred itself. It also may be wise for us to draft an official Kindred position on various topics that we can post in response to situations like this, so that people aren't put in the uncomfortable position of speaking for the kindred. Joe --- In northernwisdomkindredofutah@yahoogroups.com, "lunaaileen" <lunaaileen@...> wrote: > > Yesterday this email was posted on a public group, specifically the > Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day Yahoo group: > > "Ursea, it has come to my attention that a member of your kindred is a > registered sex offender in the state of Utah. Since I do have minor > children I was wondering if this person will be in attendance at > Ogden's Pagan Pride Day event. As a responsible parent I can not bring > my children to any event if there is a possibility that he will be > there. I will not knowingly put my (or any other) child in danger in > the name of community. Sorry. > > -- > Beannachd Leibh, > Ghwendolyn Kayote Wolfrose <----------proud to be the likes of me (don't > drink the kool-aid!) > > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do > nothing. -Edmund Burke" > > There are several things that are upsetting about this to me. > > 1. This information is private, and as such should never have been put > on a public group. > > 2. The information was privileged information given to the Gothar > during their prison ministries. This is a direct violation of that > Ministry. > > 3. There are only a few people aware of this information, Papa Bear, > Kelly, Jerry, and Chrissy. I know for a fact that Kelly has not > divulged this info, it only leaves Papa Bear and Chrissy, Jerry is in > Missouri doing his own thing. Knowing Papa Bear, who can bearly, yes > I punned, get around the internet let alone join a group, this leaves > Chrissy. > > 4. And the final and most lethal blow is that this is one of the > Coordinators that posted this on their group, we as a Kindred are > supporting this group, Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day as a Sponsor, Kelly > and I thought this might help show that we had no animosity towards > anyone in Salt Lake City, so we paid the $55 for a sponsorship. > > I have thought about this and wonder, did this person or persons do > this to hurt us as a Kindred, or just me, or Ogden Pagan Pride Day? > > Because this information can hurt all three very badly. > > Chrissy had come to me on another group and said I know that you have > a registered sex offender in your Kindred, where upon I told her this > was Kindred business, and as such would not be talked about in public, > I did invite her to talk to me in private. > > This was about a week ago that Chrissy came to me about this issue and > now this. > > I believe that this is something that needs to be discussed at the > Kindred Board meeting. > > **Joe I am asking you as our Law Speaker what we can do or should do > about this issue.** > > I did post onto the group, Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day Yahoo group that > this was Kindred business and would not be discussed in public and > invited anyone to contact the Gothar in private. > > Blessings, Ursea. >

Camping for Freyfaxi by Roland Behunin - Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 09:02 AM

Hi Everyone, Most the group camping areas near the city are expensive. Perception Park is $136 a night. Weber County Memorial Parks is also expensive from what Luna was saying. I am hoping to get with Kelly this Friday and take a look at some of the less expensive campgrounds that are available for the weekend of 22 August. Another thought is we pick a campground, and have everyone go on-line and reserve their own campsite at that campground. Then pick one of those when we arrive to do the ritual at. For any of these we would need to coordinate carpooling to the site to help reduce both on the cost of gasoline, and the impact to the envirnoment. The campgrounds that are semi-afordable: Private (Commercial) Crystal Hot Springs, Honeyville http://www.crystalhotsprings.net/ They have a group area that is $50 a night. However, their park rules might make this site unworkable. Quiet hours are after 8:00 P.M. Forest Service Box Elder Campground, Group A Tent Only Mantua, UT (East of Brigham City) Tent Camping only, limited parking, 9 vehicles. Additional parking is remote. Parking Area: 86ft X 25ft Pricing: 01-25 people $ 40.00 26-50 people $ 70.00 (These are rates per night). Site Details: • Site Type: GROUP TENT ONLY AREA NONELECTRIC • Site Reserve Type: Site-Specific • Checkin Time: 2:00 pm • Checkout Time: 1:00 pm • Type of Use: Overnight • Minimum Number of People: 1 • Maximum Number of People: 60 • Maximum Number of Vehicles: 8 • Driveway Surface: Gravel • Driveway Length: 86 • Shade: Full • Capacity/Size Rating: Single • Campfire Allowed: Y • Fire Pit: Y • Looking For Category: Group Site,Tent Site • Picnic Table: Y Developed BLM Campgrounds in the Salt Lake Field Office Area Birch Creek Campground http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/camping/birch_creek.html There are photos of this campsite on this webpage. Description: Campground/day use area adjacent to Birch Creek Reservoir in northeastern Utah. Reservoir is stocked with fish in summer. Good hunting in fall. Elevation:6,800 feet. Activities Available: Camping, picnicking, hiking, fishing, hunting. Amenities: Open parking area; no individual sites. No picnic tables or fire pits. Vault toilets. Additional information: No potable water. Available on first come/first serve basis. No firewood available; bring your own. Location and Directions: 10 miles west of Woodruff, Utah off of Utah Highway 39, Rich County. This is Mile Marker 60 on highway 39, the other side of Monte Cristo. Open: Season of use typically May - October, depending on level of snowfall. Cost: No fees are charged at this site. Permits: None. Lee, Carolyn, Kristi and I stopped by here a couple weeks ago. The parking area is small, and there are pit toilets. There is not much in the way of tables, etc. Clover Springs Campground http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/camping/clover_creek.html There are photos of this campground on this website. Description: Clover Spring is a cool escape from the desert heat. The clear, bubbling waters of a natural spring gave this site its name. Cottonwoods trees frame the campground that is a popular trailhead for hikers, horseback riders, and hunters. There are sites for traditional campers and day users in groups or families, as well as wheelchair-accessible restrooms. Elevation: 6,000 feet. Activities Available: Camping, picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, OHV riding. Amenities: 10 individual units and one group site (accompanies up to 50 individuals, 10 vehicle limit), picnic tables and fire pits; vault toilets; equestrian sites. Regulations: No trash pick up, carry it out. Only non-potable water available from spring. Group site available by reservation only. All other sites available on first come/first serve basis. No camping or parking outside of designated sites. No firewood available; bring your own. No target shooting. No OHV joy riding inside the campground. Obey all motor vehicle route closures. Do not trespass on adjacent private lands. Location and Directions: 16 miles west of Rush Valley (Clover) and 4 miles east of Terra on Highway 199, Tooele County. Open: Year round. Season of use typically May - October, depending on level of snowfall. Cost: $6.00 per campsite, per night. Limit 2 vehicles per single occupancy site. The group site costs $20.00 per night and reservations are required. Limit of 10 vehicles at group site. Permits: Camping, day use. Except for the reservable group site, all other sites are first come/first serve. To reserve the group site, contact the Salt Lake Field Office at 801-977-4300 for availability and to submit application & fees. I drove out to this campground last night. It took about an hour and 15 minutes. I left my house right around 6:00 P.M. The photos on the website do not do this campground justice! Simpson Springs Campground http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/camping/simspson_springs.html There are photos of this campground on this website. Description: Campground situated at an important station site along the Pony Express National Historic Trail's route across the Utah west desert. During 1860 and 1861, horse riders risked their lives delivering the mail along this route. Today, you can stop at stations and interpretive sites along the Backcountry Byway where riders rested before they raced on to their 1,800-mile mail run. Simpson Springs was also the site of a significant Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp during the late 30s and early 40s. You can spend the night in this stark and beautiful desert setting, and sleep under the same stars that the Pony Express riders did 150 years ago. Elevation: 5100 feet. Activities Available: Camping, hiking, picnicking, mountain biking, horseback riding, wild horse viewing, scenic backcountry byway, Pony Express Interpretive Site/Trail. Amenities: 20 individual units with picnic tables, fire pits, and charcoal grills; vault toilets. Non-potable water available. Regulations: No trash pick up, carry it out. No target shooting. No camping or parking outside designated campground sites without a Special Recreation Permit (SRP). Day use or parking in the campground requires a permit. Bring your own firewood. You may unload and stage OHV's at your campsite but no joy riding within 1/4 mile of the campground. Location and Directions: Hwy 73 W. from Lehi to signed turnoff for Pony Express Trail, west to Faust, west thru Lookout Pass, continue on to Simpson Springs. Open: Year-round. Cost: $5.00 per campsite, per night. Limit 2 vehicles per site. Permits: Required for camping and day use. No reservations; sites available on first come/first serve basis. A Special Recreation Permit (SRP) is required for camping outside of the developed campground. This is more distant from the Wasatch front than Clover Springs. The Pony Express Trail turn off is about 15 minutes south of the turn off to Rush Valley. Then you go over 10 mile pass, and out to Simpson Springs. I only drove out past Faust to the turn off to the Pony Express trail last night. Little Creek Campground http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/camping/little_creek.html Description: Little Creek Campground is a staging area for fishing, hunting, boating, OHV riding, mountain biking, and tent / RV camping. It is also a trailhead for the Monte Cristo Loop and the Shoshone OHV Trail. Location: 3 miles of Randolph, Rich County. Elevation: 6,400 Feet Amenities: 10 unit facilities, picnic tables and fire pits. Vault toilets. The site also contains a covered picnic area which may be reserved through the BLM. No firewood available; bring your own. Water: Yes - Seasonally Fees: No fees are charged at this site. Season of use: May - October, may be open longer depending on level of snowfall. I have not been to this campsite. However, to get to it you go west in the town of Randolph. When Kristi’s cousin was the principal of the school in Randolph he said this campground was popular with the Boy Scouts out in Randolph and Woodruff. BLM Group Camping Permits - no fee, but you have to bring your own toilets. Renting a Port-a-potty from John and company for a weekend is $69 plus tax. This is if we pick it up and bring it back. These can be loaded on a cargo trailer. (The size of our group, I think we would only need one.) Note – there is also a Small Group Camping for less than 25 people. 3.) Large Group Camping Use Agreement. Large Group Use Agreements (LGUAs) are required for organized group camping activities that do not take place in a developed fee area, are not commercial or competitive, have more than 25 participants and/or more than 8 primary vehicles. This agreement is applies to dispersed, undeveloped camping activities (no BLM recreation facilities or developments) at seven specific large group camping locations (see Attachment 2, Large Group Camping Locations and Map). To obtain a LGUA, select one of the seven large group camping locations, complete the attached Large Group Notification 1 An organized group activity is defined in BLM’s regulations as a structured, ordered, consolidated, or scheduled event on, or occupation of, public lands for the purpose of recreational use that is not commercial or competitive. 2 Primary vehicle is defined as a street legal vehicle used for transportation to a recreation site, which does not include trailers. and Use Agreement, and return to the SLFO at the address listed below 10 days before proposed use date. Upon receipt of the completed LGUA, the BLM will review, sign, and return a copy to you. NOTE: some conditions may require the BLM to deny your application or redirect you to a different location, ie: fire danger, extreme draught conditions, etc. When conducting or participating in camping activities under a LGUA, you must agree to and comply with LGUA Conditions of Use (found on back of permit). Issuance of a LGCA does not reserve sites or grant your group exclusive use of an area. All sites under this agreement are available on a first come/first serve basis. 5) Soldiers Pass. Location: At the base of the Lake Mountains west of Utah Lake, approximately 22 miles southwest from Lehi. Elevation: 4920´. Setting: Rugged Lake Mountains to north and west. Scenic view east to Utah Lake and Wasatch mountains. Campsites among junipers and rock outcrops on a south-east facing slope. An isolated section of BLM land surrounded on the north, west and south by open State Land. Directions: From the intersection of Utah Highway 73 and Utah Highway 68, travel 17.3 miles south on Highway 68 to a dirt road heading west with a stop sign. This is Soldier Pass road. Drive west on this graded graveled road for approximately 1.5 miles. Turn left onto an unimproved dirt road and camp out in the juniper trees here. From Utah highway 73, at the west edge of Fairfield, go south on the Allen’s Ranch road go south approximately 18 miles to the Soldier’s Pass road (note stop sign). Turn west on the allweather gravel road for 1.3 miles. An unimproved road goes right (north) and immediately splits, 0.1 mile right, or 0.2 mile left, to potential campsites. (Rush Valley, Utah 1:100,000 topographic map).

	Thoughts about Einjerhar (November Schedule) by Roland Behunin - Monday, 23 June 2008, 04:34 PM
	Hi Everyone, At present we have Einherjar scheduled to be held on 9 November. This is a Sunday evening. I would like to actually hold this event on Saturday evening, as I believe many people have Sunday off from work. Please let eveyone know what your thoughts are on this. Thanks, Roland

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