Practice TONIGHT

Practice tonight is on temporary hold due to current events. Be safe folks!

Student Org Showcase

The student organization showcase is this Friday, from 4pm to 8pm in Squires! Come out and help us distribute flyers.

Beginner's Lessons

Beginner's lessons will start with a DEMO on Monday, September 4th! Start talking it up to your friends!

08 April 2006 - Challenge

Something is different . . .

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PS: I still hate this scheme for putting up data on the main page. I'm working on finding something better.

That which is new:

Further Out:

Results from the Bi-annual meeting!

The 2006-2007 Officer Corps is as follows:

President:	Austin Carter
Vice President:	Sarah Saville
Treasurer:	Melinda Douros
Sergeant at Arms:	Matt Burgess
Armourer:	Fred McMahon
Member at Large:	Michelle Collura
Historian:	Katie Wong

The new officer corps will assume their positions on April 3rd, and until that time they will train with the current officers.

Tentative MACFA Results

Tentative results for the MACFA season (the whole thing!) have been posted. The results will pop up in a new (ugly) window.

February 21, 2006 - Stuff

MACFA and NIWFA Champs

Both events will be held this weekend! The ladies will be up in cold cold Boston, MA at Tufts for NIWFA, and the guys are going up to Annapolis, MD for MACFA Champs at St. Johns. Wish them well!

February 13, 2006 - Aftermath!

Stay Tuned . . .

. . . for results from SAC Champs!

To everyone whose email address was abused . . .

If you email address is posted on this website you probably recently received an email titled "Get a FREE Vault Guide to Schmoozing: Become a Vault Member". This is apparently because interns at Vault, Inc decided it was ok to manually harvest all of the email addresses posted here and use them for a commercial purpose. Of course, that is not why we posted them here; they were posted here to encourage communication between club members and each other, the officers, and former/future club members.

You will notice that the Members page, the Officers page, and both the Men's and Women's team pages have had disclaimers added to them stating that the email addresses contained herein are for private club use only. According to the provisions of the CAN-SPAM act, if a company should ""harvest" email addresses from Web sites of Web services that have published a notice prohibiting the transfer of email addresses for the purpose of sending email," they are in violation of the CAN-SPAM act, and are subject to "fines of up to $11,000 [per violation]."

We have now posted a notice.

In the future, if you suspect commercial email was sent to you because your email address was harvested from this website, please Report It.

South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Champs

So perhaps the biggest thing to happen this year with the fencing club is the SAC Champs that we are hosting HERE at Virginia Tech on 11-12 February 2006! Some important points:

Beginner's Classes

The DEMO is tonight, kicking off SIX WEEKS OF FREE LESSONS! Bring a friend! Bring your roomate! Its FREE! See you in the Dance Room in War Memorial gym at 7:45pm tonight!

Current Members: please be there at 7:30pm SHARP to help set up!

Important Dates from the Desk of the V.P.:

FAQ Page Fixed!

I know what you're thinking. "The FAQ page was broken?" "We HAVE a FAQ page???" Yes indeedy. And now the links are fixed and should actually take you to the questions they reference.

Member Listing

The membership list has been updated once again. PLEASE check your information. If I don't have it posted, send me your year (FR,SO,JR,SR,etc), your major(s), any ratings you have, and if you like, a picture.

Minutes

What, you're still reading this update list? Well now you can go read all the updated minutes in the archive too! And if you would like to see minutes more like this then BUG the Seargent at Arms.

Tech Open Tshirts

Nine years of Tech Open tshirt designs right here. Check it out.

Temple Open Recap

This weekend several members of the women's team and several members of the men's team went up to Pennsylvania and participated in the Temple Open! It was a great tournament, with awesome competition. You should definitely go next year!

Women's Team Updated

The women's team webpage has been updated with the squad captains and the small meet next weekend at Hollins.

Constitution Updated

The Constitution has been updated following the Fall semester's bi-annual meeting, which was held the week before the Tech Open.

Congrats on the Tech Open!

Congratulations are in order for all the Tech fencers who fenced this weekend in the Tech Open. Double thanks are due to those people who made the tournament happen! Results will be posted as soon as we get them back from VA USFA.

Women's Team Updated

The women's team webpage has been updated with the results from tryouts and with the meet on 20 November 2005.

Club Member List

The members page has been updated. Please check your info. If it isn't right, send me an email. If you would like to put a picture up on the web of yourself, also let me know.

USFA - Tech Open!

For all those who haven't been reading the calendar, VT is hosting the Tech Open this weekend. Mixed Foil and Mixed Sabre will be fenced on Saturday, and Mixed Epee will be fenced on Sunday. Foil and Epee registration will close at 9:30 on their respective days, and Sabre registration will close at 12:30 on Saturday.

Social/Tech Open Setup!

Club members - we will be having a social at 5:30pm this Friday. Check the listserv for details. EMAIL the member-at-large if you are coming! After the social we will head over to the gym and set up strips for the Open.

Gear, etc.

Club members - if you wanted to borrow gear for the Open and you have yet to email the armorer about it . . . don't count on getting gear. But email him anyway!

Preregistration

And while you're at it, check out this link and pre-register for the Tech Open. You'll note that Sabre is already a B2 tournament! We just need one more A . . .

Clinic this weekend!

Remember, the fencing clinic is this weekend! Bruce Capin, of UFL (Gainesville, FL) is flying into town to show us a thing or two about the art of the blade. The clinic will be held Friday at practice, Saturday from 9-12 and 1-4, and Sunday from 9-12. If you haven't REGISTERED, you should see if you can sweet talk the Vice Pres into letting you register!

Beginner's Class Anouncements

The beginner's class is over, but hold your tears in check - the beginner's tournament is this weekend! If you didn't hear the anouncement, email the webmaster for more info.

Minutes have been posted.

I'm turning over a new leaf and trying to post all minutes soon after the meetings at which they were taken. I expect a cookie.

Men's Team has been posted!

Tryouts were a success! Our new Men's Fencing team lineup can be found on the Men's Team page. If you did not make the team, never fear! Next week the beginners class will be over, which means that the fencing ladder will begin again! You can practice your way up the fencing ladder and challenge someone on the team to claim their spot!

Remember, our first competition is Sunday, October 23rd!

Also, if anyone cares, the minutes from the beginning of this year are up.

Men's Team Tryouts!

Men's team tryouts will be held NEXT WEEK! Foil and Sabre tryouts will be held on Monday, 3 October 2005, and Epee tryouts will be held on Wednesday, 5 October 2005.

What time, you ask? Tryouts will be held DIRECTLY after the beginner's lesson ends at 8:30pm. ANYONE is welcome to try out for a weapon.

What, you don't think you'd make the team? Think AGAIN! There are 12 spots on the Men's Team and we have very few returning fencers to fill them. You have NOTHING to LOSE!

September 30, 2005 - Deadline!!

Deadline for the Fencing Clinic:

There will be a fencing clinic here at Virginia Tech on October 14-16 (see Calendar for times), and TODAY is the LAST DAY to register and pay the AWESOME PRICE of $30! So get your FORM filled out and turned in!

If you wait until next week you will be paying the (slightly less) AWESOME price of $40 for this AWESOME event.

AWESOME!

September 11, 2005 - Features!

Enjoy the New Calendar!

If you check the side menu bar, there is a new link to the "Event Calendar." I found some AWESOME PHP code online, and with some minor modifications (a la VTFC schema), you get one totally awesome calendar. Check it out and let me know what you think!

(Note: I am aware that the left menu bar changes sizes when you go into the calendar . . . that is on my "to do" list, but since it is still functional, it is WAY down there.)

Summary of updates:

- Added USFA events to event schedule. New, exciting calendar possibly coming soon.

- Blanked out Men's and Women's team lists, updated aliases for team captains.

- Added MACFA, VIWFA, NIWFA, SAC, USACFC, and ABCDEFG events to the events schedule.

- Do you like pink?

The Officers page . . .

Contains the correct info (contact, officer nights, etc). Note that we have switched to email aliases for all the officers. The idea behind this is to trade the aliases between the incoming/outgoing officers every year, to make the changing of the guard a little more transparent.

Student Organization Showcase this Friday!

We will have a booth at the Student Organization Showcase in Squires Commonwealth Ballroom this Friday from 4pm to 8pm! If you can come help hand out flyers, let Sara know!

Fall Demo and Beginner's Lessons!

The beginners class will begin with a demo at 7:45pm on Monday, 5 September 2005. After the demo there will be a brief introduction to the basic footwork used in fencing. Following the demo, there will be 6 weeks of (Free!) beginners lessons, offered every Monday and Wednesday night from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Both the lessons and the demo will be held in the Dance Room in War Memorial gym (downstairs past the weight room).

Upcoming events:

Team Hokies (aka Hokie move-in) will occur this Friday and Saturday. Ask Sara for more info.

Practice will start up at the normal schedule on Monday, 22 August. Saved up agression over the summer? Come vent it on your fellows at the first night of practice!

July 23, 2005 - A Start

Check out the member list page.

Let me know what you think. If your information is wrong, please let me know. If you want to have a picture up there (and believe me, I tried to pick the most flattering pictures of people that I could find . . .) then upload a picture to share/member_photos (name the file youremail.jpg) and let me know its there.

July 16, 2005 - Happily Ever After

Congratulations are in order . . .

To our very own Jen Webster, now Mrs. Scott Bradford! The wedding was wonderful, the cake was delicious, remember to send Jen some congratulations!

July 05, 2005 - Change in Schedule

New Summer Practice Dates & Times:

Practices are now to be held from 2pm to 4pm in the Dance Room and will not be held on Fridays. THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICE TODAY, and call [ (540) 818 - 1801 ] or message ['Anarxus'] me ahead of time to see if practices will be held on specific, future Tuesdays.

That's all folks.

--- James

July 04, 2005 - Independence Day

Lest we forget:

Take a moment today to think of the members of our club, our university, and our nation that are overseas, carrying out their duty to our country. Send them an email, write them a letter, and let them know that we have not forgotten them!

Summer Practice Dates & Times:

Summer practice hours begin Monday, May 23rd, and will continue until August 12th or so. The dance room will be open from 3pm to 5pm, Monday through Thursday. Contact James for more and/or updated information.

May 9, 2005 - Welcome Summer!

Summer Fencing - a couple people will be here, and we will have space. More info to come.

Summer TO DO List - Here's my list of Things To Do (with the website):

• Add member's majors to the members page.
• Add member's photos to the members page.
• Make it easier to view photos on the shared drive.
• Upload all of those old minutes that are sitting in my inbox.
• Update event results, end-of-year statistics
• Scan in old yearbooks, make them available online in PDF format
• Make old end-of-the-year reports available online in PDF format

Any other suggestions? Tell me.

Why are you reading this?! You should be at the Alumni Tournament!

April 21, 2005 - Alumni Tournament!

Setup - We will be setting up for the tournament beginning at 9pm next Friday (29 April) evening. Be there! The more people come to help, the faster we will be done!

Schedule - Here is the schedule for . . . well, everthing:

0900 - The gym opens. We'll be in one of the two basketball gyms at the end of the hall.
0930 - Foil Registration CLOSES. Fencing should begin at 1000.
1100 - Epee Registration CLOSES. Fencing should begin at 1130.
1230 - Sabre Registration CLOSES. Fencing should begin at 1300.

New Officers - Congratulations to the officers that were elected last night. There was a great deal of questioning and some fierce debate. New officers will be instated on April 1st, which is ironically the first day of our USACFC trip. Please congratulate the following people:

President: James Deykes
Vice President: Anne Kurtz
Treasurer: Melinda Douros
Sergeant @ Arms: Austin Carter
Historian: Christina McLane
Armourer: Paul Youmans
Member @ Large: Sarah Saville

Amendments - All amendments were passed, some with alterations. Look for a complete list to be on the listserv before Friday!

Website: Traditions - Earlier on the 30th, a new page was added to our wonderful website! It is called Traditions, and its purpose is to show our traditions to the world, our new members, or whoever is interested. We are a wonderful club, and we really want to get that across! :)

Fundraiser! On the drillfield! - We are still selling Student Crew cards. They are extremely easy to sell, because they are an awesome deal! For $10 you get at least $100 worth of free stuff from local area businesses, and weekly discounts on top of it. Never expires. Next Wednesday and Thursday we will be selling them on the drillfield. Please e-mail James about volunteering to help out at any point during those days.

March 18, 2005 - March!

Nominations/proposed amendments - Please send either of these to the listserv before next Wednesday. If you are nominated for an office, be sure to accept or decline before next Wednesday as well. Starting on the 23rd (next Wednesday) anyone who is eligible to vote but cannot attend the bi-annual meeting can vote online by sending an e-mail to Jen Lin. Voting for amendments can only be done at the meeting.

Bi-annual Meeting - The meeting will be on March 30, 2005 at the normal practice time and location. Since there are a decent number of people running for office and multiple constitution changes, it is very likely that we will not have time for fencing after the meeting. Also, if you would like to vote you must pay dues and show proof of doing so to James by the start of the meeting. Talk to James with any questions on dues.

Website: Event Results - VIWFA/NIWFA/MACFA results are in, so look for them to be up soon, as well as a women's cumulative score for the year.

Beginners Lessons/Tournament- Beginners lessons will extend through next week due to the issue with getting the gloves. However, this Sunday we will be holding our bi-annual beginner's tournament for anyone who participated in the beginners lessons for the first time this semester. Hopefully you have already let Megan know if you plan to attend, but if not please do so ASAP. Top 3 finishers get medals!

Fundraiser! Easy to sell! - We are selling Student Crew cards. They are extremely easy to sell, because they are an awesome deal! For $10 you get at least $100 worth of free stuff from local area businesses, and weekly discounts on top of it. Never expires. If you want more information, talk to James Deykes, Megan Olsen, or Jennifer Webster, or refer to the e-mail James sent out last month. If you want to get some cards to sell (as all of you should!) please talk to the same 3 people, and they'll hook you up. :)

March 3, 2005 - Tournaments, Website Updates, YEA!

Gear from Tournaments - Please be sure that you turn in gear within the first 2 days of returning from a tournament. Other members may need to use the gear you had checked out for practice or tournaments that next weekend. Please be considerate of the fact that everyone is sharing gear. :)

Recent Tournaments - Congratulations to our mens and womens teams, as well as our members that have participated in USFA events in the past month. We've had a very hectic schedule, but now we have a well earned break! Both teams got 2nd at SAC, and the women's team took 1st overall at VIWFA.

Website: Event Results - All results that we have are up. Once we get VIWFA results and MACFA/NIWFA results they will be posted. First our historian needs to get over the flu! Look for them after Spring Break.

Spring Break - For the first time in at least the last 4 years, we don't have a tournament during spring break! Amazing! So go have fun, and don't get in trouble! Be sure to turn in all gear before leaving, unless you need to check out gear for a tournament over break (there is some USFA). Remember that there will be NO Beginners lessons next week!

Fundraiser! Easy to sell! - We are selling Student Crew cards. They are extremely easy to sell, because they are an awesome deal! For $10 you get at least $100 worth of free stuff from local area businesses, and weekly discounts on top of it. Never expires. If you want more information, talk to James Deykes, Megan Olsen, or Jennifer Webster, or refer to the e-mail James sent out last month. If you want to get some cards to sell (as all of you should!) please talk to the same 3 people, and they'll hook you up. :)

Gear for Tournaments - Please remember that teams get first pick on gear for tournament weekends. Although we encourage everyone to participate in individual competitions, as a club we have a responsibility to provide gear to the teams before we provide to individuals. We do not usually have problems with having enough gear to go around, but if you plan on going to an individual tournament on the same weekend as a team tournament, you will not be able to check out gear until the teams have done so.

Website: Event Results - Event results have been updated in the sense that every result page I could find on our space is now linked on the results page! Also, setup for viewing older results has been changed; hopefully the pattern will be followed by the next few webmasters as well.

Website: Pictures - Found some old pictures, so I made a page for them and put them up! Thought I had a few more, but it turns out that was it. I will be putting up pictures soon from last year that never got up there though, and once we start having tournaments, I'll start having pictures of them. :) So look for weekly-ish updates!

Website: Old Minutes - So, the Old Minutes page had gotten really ugly, just by the shear volume of minutes that were linked to. So, I redid the way it was organized so that you don't have to pull your hair out! And so the next year's worth of minutes could actually be added.... ;)

Fundraiser! Easy to sell! - We are selling Student Crew cards. They are extremely easy to sell, because they are an awesome deal! For $10 you get at least $100 worth of free stuff from local area businesses, and weekly discounts on top of it. Never expires. If you want more information, talk to James Deykes, Megan Olsen, or Jennifer Webster, or refer to the e-mail James sent out last week. If you want to get some cards to sell (as all of you should!) please talk to the same 3 people, and they'll hook you up. :)

February 2, 2005 - Let the fun begin!

Beginner's Lessons - Lessons began this past Monday, and will continue for 6 weeks, meeting every Monday and Wednesday from 7:30-8:30PM in the Dance Room. E-mail me if you have any questions! Teachers are Alex Marschner and Anne Kurtz.

Social - We are planning on going to the A Capella competition (here at VT) on Saturday. It starts at 8PM, so plan to meet us in the front of DBH (Squires parking lot side) by 7:30 so we can sit together! As always, talk to Jamie if you have any questions!

Gear - Paul bought new gear!!! We have NEW STUFF!!!! But we still need to keep everything in order and in shape. Please be sure to check equipment back in, and not to keep it for an extended period of time. We may have new gear to add to the old, but we still have more people than we have gear! So please do not claim gear to be your own. We might chase you down! Or at least Paul will.... ;)

Gear Cleaning - Please consider taking the gear you normally wear home and washing it so we can keep everything clean and keep all the fencers healthy. No, this statement does not contradict the statement above, as you should only have to take it home for a few days to wash/dry it! Any questions on this subject should be aimed at La Presidente. Be sure you check out gear, and remember to check it back in when you bring it back!

Beginner's Lessons - I know a lot of people have been e-mailing me about beginner's lessons, so here is the info! They will start on Monday the 31st, at 7:45PM in the Dance Room in War Memorial Gym. It will begin with the usual demo, with classes starting directly afterwards and continuing for 6 weeks every Monday and Wednesday from 7:30-8:30PM. E-mail me if you have any questions!

Officer Nights - Officer nights will be changed soon to accommodate officers' schedules. If you're interested at all, you can check the officer page for any updates that are made, or the board in the dance room.

Gear - Please consider taking the gear you normally wear home and washing it so we can keep everything clean and keep all the fencers healthy. Any questions on this subject should be aimed at La Presidente. Be sure you check out gear, and remember to check it back in when you bring it back!

Pot Luck Dinner - Pot Luck dinner at Megan's apartment Friday night! E-mail Jamie with what you want to bring or if you have any questions, and e-mail Megan if you need directions.

End of Semester Banquet - Will be at Cinco de Mayo this year due to numerous El Guads complaints (food, waiting time, etc). Should be a blast; e-mail Jamie if you need a ride to get there. It will be on the 8th, which is the last day of class! Always a blast and there will be plenty of awards to hand out!

Gear - Please consider taking the gear you normally wear home and washing it so we can keep everything clean and keep all the fencers healthy. Any questions on this subject should be aimed at La Presidente. Be sure you check out gear, and remember to check it back in when you bring it back!

November 15, 2004 - It's almost time for break!

Tech Open - Thanks to everyone that came by and helped out or fenced at the Tech Open this past weekend! We had a B2 rated tournament in each of the 3 weapons! I hope everyone had a great time, and had a chance to buy one of the snazzy new shirts.

Ratings - Congrats to everyone earned a new rating this weekend, or confirmed one they already had! :)

Canned Food Drive - Please remember to bring in 2 or 3 canned goods by the end of this week so that we can help out the less fortunate in the area for Thanksgiving. If you don't bring any in, we'll be very disappointed! Please help out this good cause since the trick-or-treating for cans was a bust.

Tournaments - There are 2 individual tournaments coming up this weekend. There is the Mary Washington tournament with all weapons or both genders(CANCELLED). There is also Junior Olympic Qualifiers; anyone under the age of 20 is welcome to attend. More info on our Event Schedule page or the VA Division USFA page (link on Links page).

Women's Team - The women's team tryouts occurred last week, and the teams have been announced both on the listserv and on the website. Squad Captain choices are due in writing to Dustin by this Wednesday so that the officers can accept/decline nominations. Congratulations to everyone that made the team! It should be a fun year. :)

October 27, 2004 - It's almost November!

Bi-annual Meeting - The Fall semester meeting took place last Wednesday. All constitution changes passed, and can now be found as part of the constitution. Dustin Arendt was voted in as the new Sergeant @ Arms, so start e-mailing him any problems/concerns/whatever you have instead of Kelley. Look for a nice new e-mail of minutes from him later this week!

Ratings - Congrats to everyone that has been earning their ratings this year. Dustin earned and then confirmed his E04 in sabre, and Jen Lin earned her E04 in Sabre this weekend; earlier in the semester Paul Youmans earned is E04 in Foil, and this past summer Bill Bussone earned his E04 in foil. I believe everyone else's ratings were earned before this summer. Congrats everyone, and keep up the good work! :)

Member List - The member list has been updated with all of the new members that have paid their dues. Please let me know what your weapon is so I can make it correct; all new people are currently listed under foil so that I don't appear to be making assumptions about your choice (I've opted to make an assumption that you haven't chosen...).

Tech Open - Yes, we have about a month until the Tech Open. We will be selling last year's t-shirts as well as a new design that plays on the old one, as they were so popular. Plan to bring cash or a checkbook so you can snag a few! There will most likely be a discount for the purchase of a set (1 old and 1 new) for those that could not get one last year or want another one! E-mail Megan at megan.olsen@vt.edu if you have any Tech Open questions!

RAFFLE TICKETS! - We're doing the 50/50 raffle again! Tickets are $1, and the winner gets half the pot and the club gets the other half. Members, be sure to pick up tickets at practice to sell. The raffle will go from now until the Tech Open, on November 14. Any questions or desires to buy tickets should go to the treasurer James at jdeykes@vt.edu.

Pictures - All pictures from this year (so far) have been uploaded, and the picture page has gotten a face lift. Pictures from last year will start to show up after I take the GRE next Friday.

Socials - October 29th (this Friday!) we will be going to swing dance lessons for free at 7PM. On Oct. 30 we will do our trick-or-treating community service can collection; please come and dress up in a costume! If you have anything you'd like to have the fencing club do for fun (besides fencing, of course!), or have any questions about these events, e-mail the Member-at-Large Jamie at jadalton@vt.edu.

October 16, 2004 - Wow, it's the middle of October!

Community Service - We're collecting items to send to the troops for another week, ending on the 22nd of October. Please bring one or more of the following items: Magazines, Gum, Soap, Toothpaste, Candy that won't melt, Greeting Cards (they love to get letters with encouraging words, jokes, and cartoons), Games they can throw away (think dollar store foam guns stuff like that), Playing cards, Crossword puzzles and books, Pens.

Beginner's Classes - Yes, newbie classes are officially over. The Newbie Tournament in this Sunday the 17th; hopefully most of you will show up! Tournament questions go to me (fenceweb@vt.edu). Dues are due on Monday for any members planning on staying; you can pay after that, but you can't use club equipment until you've paid your dues. Pay dues at McComas Hall during normal business hours. E-mail James at jdeykes@vt.edu if you have questions!

Tech Open - Yes, we have about a month until the Tech Open. We will be selling last year's t-shirts as well as a new design that plays on the old one, as they were so popular. Plan to bring cash or a checkbook so you can snag a few! There will most likely be a discount for the purchase of a set (1 old and 1 new) for those that could not get one last year or want another one!

RAFFLE TICKETS! - We're doing the 50/50 raffle again! Tickets are $1, and the winner gets half the pot and the club gets the other half. Members, be sure to pick up tickets at practice to sell. The raffle will go from now until the Tech Open, on November 14. Any questions or desires to buy tickets should go to the treasurer James at jdeykes@vt.edu.

Pictures - The picture page is getting updated slowly but surely with pictures from both last year and this year. Now that we're on a new server, we actually have enough space to put lots of pictures! NIWFA Champs from last year has been posted, as well as the demo from this semester.

Men's Team - Today was the first MACFA tournament for the men's team. Hopefully they are doing well! The squad captains currently are Paul Youmans for foil and epee (temporarily), and Dustin Arendt for sabre. Their next meet with be on November 6-7 and JHU.

Socials - Unfortunately the corn maze was ruined by all of the hurricanes, so there will be no corn maze this year. However, we are looking into other possibilities for a bonfire and other activities for Oct. 29. On Oct. 30 we will do our trick-or-treating community service can collection. If you have anything you'd like to have the fencing club do for fun (besides fencing, of course!) e-mail the Member-at-Large Jamie at jadalton@vt.edu.

October 3, 2004 - New Website! New teams! It's a great year! ;)

New Website - Yep, it finally got the new look I've been promising! Took a few days, but I'm happy with it. There is a slight problem with Netscape right now, but since only about 3 people out of hundreds that visit use Netscape, I figured I'd go ahead and put the new one up. I'll be looking into the problem. Anyways, take a look around, and let me know if anything is missing!

I'm a member! What did you do? - I updated the members page by who had paid their dues and who I knew was a member that was not required to pay dues (alumni). I had to add a few people that I didn't know weapons of, so make sure your weapon is still correct. If you're not on the list, that means you need to pay dues! Or you paid dues since I got the list. Let me know if you're missing or your info is incorrect!

Men's Team - Try-outs have been held. Soon the squad captains will be picked, especially since you have your first meet coming up! Men's Team page will be updated as soon as I have a finalized list of who's where.

Community Service, the easy way! - We are jumping on to an event being planned by Golden Key. They are organizing organizations together to collect items for the troops in Iraq. These items will be sent to a group in Roanoke that has been in the paper recently and that send items overseas to troops. A list was sent out on the listserv, and there is a box in the lockers you can put items in during practice. Questions go to me, fenceweb@vt.edu.

September 18, 2004 - Stuff! It's all about the stuff!

Beginner's Lessons/Demo - It went well! Thanks to everyone that showed up to help out, and the scores of people that stopped by! Everyone was added to the listserv last week that gave us their e-mail address; so if you haven't gotten any e-mails (such as the Minutes), then E-mail me at fenceweb@vt.edu so I can add ya!

Who is this Kelley person I just got minutes from?? - Yes, your last minutes e-mail came from Kelley Arbogast, for those not paying attention. She is our current interim Sergeant @ Arms until we can elect a new one. Kristin had too many time constraints and did not feel as though she could devote enough time to her duties; a new permanent person will be elected during the Fall meeting.

Dues!! - Some of you are still delinquent on dues! For shame! There will be no gear for you until you pay up! This message does not refer to new members...just the slacking old ones!

Men's Team Tryouts - Yep, time to start forming teams! The try-outs for the men's team will be the 27th and 29th of September! Anyone who is a male VT student can try out. Be there, or be square! Women's tryouts will be set after we know when our first meet will actually be...

Funds!...Raising!....Fundraising!!! wooo!!!! - We are working on coming up with some good fundraisers, and it looks like we have one for the next couple of weeks! Volunteer to help park cars during the football games; you will get paid $7.50, but then you need to sign that check over to us. This will be a great fundraiser if a lot of people participate (mostly people not going to the game...) and are honest in handing over their checks. E-mail James (jdeykes@vt.edu) if you want to participate.

Community Service, the easy way! - We are jumping on to an event being planned by Golden Key. They are organizing organizations together to collect items for the troops in Iraq. These items will be sent to a group in Roanoke that has been in the paper recently and that send items overseas to troops. More information when I get a list from our umbrella organization. Questions go to me, fenceweb@vt.edu.

August 22, 2004 - School time!!!....

Welcome Back! - Everyone ready for school?? Ok, I know I'm not, so you probably aren't either. It's time though. Classes start tomorrow! What does that mean? Practices! woohoo! And you'll start getting minutes again on the listserv, which I know makes you all warm and fuzzy inside.

Beginner's Lessons, Demo - The Demo is on Monday Sept. 6th, which is the same day as the start of the beginner's lessons. The demo will start at 7:45PM, and directly afterwards the first beginner's class will commence. After that beginner's classes will be every Monday and Wednesday from 7:30PM to 8:30PM. For more information, Click Here. Old members, please show up to help out!

Organization Fair - The organization fair is this Friday, the 27th. It is from 4-8PM in Squires Colonial Ballroom. Old members, please show up to help promote the fencing club! Everyone interested in joining the club, feel free to stop by and see us! We'll be at a booth somewhere (more information on the listserv soon!)

Summer results - Our lovely historian gave me summer results about a month ago, and unfortunately my life has been so hectic that I haven't posted them. I promise to post them soon however, now that I'm not sick, not at work all day, and not moving between 4 apartments.

July 11, 2004 - Wow, updates in the summer! woohoo!

Website - Currently working on a new design for the website. I have way too many ideas, so I've shared some of them with the officers; I'll be making a decision soon though! The new design won't be up until the entire website has been converted...so one day it will look like this, and the next day it will look completely different! Will be done by the beginning of the school year. :)

Tournament Results - New USFA results, as well as Alumni Results, have been sent to me, so they will be going up as soon as possible. This is the first time in about 2 weeks that I've had a reliable internet connection, so if it lasts, they should be up soon. ***edit: they are now up!***

Fall Semester - Yes, it is fast approaching! Only 6 more weeks of summer left! If you haven't been practicing over the summer (like me...), you might want to dust off some gear and get back into things. :)

Old Minutes, and other things - So, why haven't the rest of the minutes from last year been posted yet? Well, I was going to wait until the redesign of the site, but I may go ahead and just add them anyway. So...they may or may not show up on the website sometime soon. ***edit: they are now up!***

May 15, 2004 - End of school! yay! Time for summer

Summer Practices - Yes, we really do practice during the summer! If you will be in Blacksburg or near by, try to make it! Practicing over the summer is a great way to stay in shape make sure you don't forget what you've learned over the school year. Practice will be Monday - Thursday, 2pm-5pm, in the Dance Room.

Summer Contacts - Jen Webster (jewebste@vt.edu) and Laura Golden (lagolden@vt.edu) will act as summer contacts this summer. If you have any questions about what the club is doing during break, please e-mail either one of them to find out. They will also have information for anyone interested in joining next year!

Website - All known results have been posted! Newer USFA results and a few corrections will be coming shortly. Feel free to email me if you see any problems on any of the pages!

Semester Banquet - Congrats to all of the seniors on receiving your senior swords, and congrats to everyone who got Paper Plate awards! Congratulations to Krista and Laura for being joint-MVPs this year, and the Laurista Goldenzio award! Congratulations also go out to Adam for receiving the newbie award for this semester! We'd also like to thank Jesse for being a great advisor. :)

Alumni Tournament - Big success! A million people fenced epee so we got a little behind, but it was still a lot of fun. Results may be posted at some point if I ever get my hands on them. Congrats to Mike Brown for dominating all 3 weapons to get Iron Man! Maybe I'll even post winner pictures if anyone wants to e-mail some to me....

50/50 Raffle - Yes, the drawing was held April 27th. The winner has been contacted and awarded. The final amount was $110 for the winner, and $110 for the club. Thanks to everyone that played, and look forward to another one next Fall! If you have any questions, e-mail the treasurer at jdeykes@vt.edu. If he doesn't respond (since it's over the summer) e-mail me at fenceweb@vt.edu.

Officer Transitions - As most of you know, the new officers took over on April Fool's Day. Transitions are going smoothly, especially now that the Filebox powers have given me access to our website! New Officer Nights will be posted in the Dance Room by Friday, and we're working hard to learn the ways of our predecessors before the end of the semester.

Website - Look for all updated results, updated minutes, and other updates files by this Friday, as they will be added throughout the week! The Officer page is newly updated, and 2 more women's result pages have been added at the time of this post. New/renewed ratings have also been set on the Members page. Feel free to email me if you see any problems on any of the new material!

Fundraising! - Many of us are working hard to fundraise, and if you aren't, then you should be! If you desire to sell pizza cards, or haven't sold any 50/50 Raffle tickets (or could sell more!) please let an officer know through e-mail or at practice. Don't know our e-mail addresses? Look on the Officer page or in your minutes. :)

Alumni Tournament - Lots of exciting planning going on! For more infomation see the minutes (which will soon be posted here, as well as being in your inbox). Plans are for fencing Saturday, Macado's Saturday night, and IHOP brunch on Sunday! Good times to be had by all. Email fenceweb@vt.edu if you aren't on any of the lists (and therefore haven't gotten any emails) and need more information.

Officer Nights - There has been a request to make officer nights common knowledge. For those of you in the dark, we have scheduled officer nights, so it is guaranteed there will be at least one officer at practice every night to check out gear (obviously excepting when we have to cancel practice due to the funny white or clear stuff). These assigned nights are posted on the bulletin board in the dance room, but for your convenience they are now posted here as well:

Monday - Jennifer, Kristin, Jamie
Tuesday - Jennifer, Jamie, Sara
Wednesday - Krista, Kristin, Laura
Thursday - Sara, Paul, Krista
Friday - Laura, Paul

Checking out gear - It has been brought to attention that people are abusing our poor armourer and not requesting gear far enough in advance causing minor heart attacks and some sleepless nights. Well, not really, but it's still a hassle. That being said, the following is a public service announcement designed to keep our armourer sane:

Track Fundraiser - You guys have been wonderful about signing up for time slots for the track fundraiser! There are just a few slots left on Saturday night and on one Friday night that need to be filled. If you haven't signed up, or can work an extra shift, please e-mail Jennifer ASAP. She has sent out an e-mail to remind people of when they signed up...please make sure you are there!!

MACFA Champs - We are still in the planning stages, although we are just about done. Yay us! We are going to need everyone's help with timing/scoring and with keeping your officers sane that day! That being said, we will have a sign-up sheet starting next week for people who can help out with champs. And no, if you are fencing, we don't expect you to sign up to help out...

Updates - Results from the VA Cup are up, events have been updated, and the latest minutes are up. That is all.

Demo and Beginner's lessons - Come one, come all to the fencing demo! It will be held February 2nd at 7:45pm in the dance room. Current members, please show up at 7:30 to help set-up. Beginner's lessons will begin immediately after the demo and will run for six weeks on Monday and Wednesday nights from 7:30-8:30.

MACFA Jan 31-Feb 1 - There is a Men's Team event this weekend up at JHU. If you are on the team, you already know the details, but for the sake of repetition...meet at War Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm. We will be leaving as soon as we can get the vans packed, and will be staying with the Marschner's in MD, as usual. We fence 2 teams on Saturday and 4 on Sunday and will be heading back as soon as fencing finishes. And YES, we know it's Super Bowl weekend...sorry!

Ratings Rally - Seeing as we all have a free weekend, everyone who is eligible should go to the Ratings Rally on February 7-8! Great experience for new fencers and fun for old fencers to change weapons and whoop up on some new fencers! :) More info (times, location, etc...) is on the Event Schedule page and on the USFA-VA Div website. E-mail the listserv if you need to try to find a ride or a place to stay.

Track Fundraiser - Because we don't like being poor, we are hosting a track meet on February 13-14 as a fundraiser. The catch? We need everyone there to help. There will be 3 time slots available to work, 1 Friday night and 2 Saturday (1 morning and 1 afternoon/evening). We are requiring that everyone help out because, hey, you guys use the equipment we have to buy and because you love the fencing club so much! A sign-up sheet will be posted soon in the dance room on our board, and we are asking that everyone sign up for 2 time slots. Questions, complaints, concerns...direct them towards any officer.

MACFA Champs - If you haven't figured it out by now, we are hosting MACFA champs here on February 29th. We are going to need ALL the help we can, and therefore we are making attendance at set-up the night before and at the actual champs (even if you aren't fencing) MANDATORY! All complaints can be directed to the brick wall over there, or if you are brave, e-mail our prez and face her unholy wrath...

Pictures - Pictures from the UNC tournament have been posted under (go figure) Pictures! Go check them out! Many thanks to Alex for getting a page together for them!

Updates - Jamie Dalton is the new sabre squad captain; minutes have been updated. That is all.

Season's Greetings - Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Happy New Year, and all that good stuff. Hope everyone had a great winter break and can't wait for fencing to start up again!

Updates - Small updates have been made...minutes have been updated through the end of the Fall semester and the event schedule has been updated, tweaked, and fixed. Check it out!

MACFA - A big congrats is in order to the gents that fenced this weekend up at Hopkins. Great fencing guys! And how 'bout that home cookin'? Also, the correct Men's team roster has been posted.

Women's Team - Women's Foil and Sabre tryouts have taken place, with the results posted on the Women's team page. Congrats to all who made the squad. Épée tryouts will be held tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 12th)

Virginia Cup - This weekend the Men's team is on the hunt again! We will compete against UVA and W&M at William and Mary, in Williamsburg, VA this Sunday. Let's hear it for the Men's team!

There is a slight change in the dates for the women?s team tryouts.? Foil and Sabre will be on Monday, November 10th, and only Épée will be on Wednesday, November 12th.? Sorry about the change, but schedules conflicted!? Hope to see all of you there!

Beginner's Tournament
     Congrats to all our beginners who fenced in the Beginner's tournament this past Sunday! A good time was had by all, and results will be posted shortly!

Junior Olympic Qualifiers
     Also congrats to Austin Carter and Trevor Kough, who both qualified for the USFA Junior Olympics! And a special thanks to Mike and Paul, who made it possible for everyone to get up there to compete.

Fencing Jackets
     We are collecting checks for the Fencing Jackets! Jacket prices are $89 for the jacket and shipping, and $94 if you want zippers. If you received an email about a discount, take $5 off the price of your jacket. No its not much but if you want to know why, ask the officers how much traveling to all our tournaments this year is going to cost. In any case, make checks out to Treasurer, Virginia Tech, and get them in ASAP! Also, let Alex how you would like your name to appear on your jacket!

In case you haven't read your email, THE VIRGINIA TECH OPEN is THIS WEEKEND!!!

SCHEDULE:

Friday night:

09:00pm - 11:45pm

Setup in War Memorial Gym 141

Saturday:

09:00am

Gym Opens

09:30am

Foil Registration Closes

10:00am

Foil Begins and runs until there is only one foilist left standing.

Sunday:

09:00am

Gym Opens

09:30am

Épée Registration Closes

10:00am

Épée Begins and runs forever and ever.

01:30pm

Sabre Registration Closes

02:00pm

Sabre Begins and runs until all saberists are in tiny, tiny pieces.

~5:00pm

CleanUp!

If you are not going to fence, come on our and help support your team and teammates! Also, next week we will be making a jacket order! Why is this important you might ask? If you are interested in getting a VTFC windbreaker (they cut the Drillfield wind very well!) and if you help out at the Open, you will get a discount on your jacket order! So come on out and help! And send the Alex an email if you are interested in getting a jacket!

Thats right folks, the tournament schedule has been updated! Go check it out! If you were born in 1984 or later, take special note of the Junior Olympics Qualifiers!

• overall there were 99 foilists, 55 epeeists, and 28 saberists!
• there were five A's and scads of B's in epee alone!
• zero computers were harmed during the tournament!
• one copy of XCede was put onto a disk which was demagnetized after the tournament!

So many things to do and so little time in which to do them! We at the Virginia Tech Fencing Club for the Advancement of Sabre Monkies would like to offer our best wishes to you this semester! Really! In fact, we want you to become a part of the Fencing Club! Check this out:

This Friday!

• 2003 Fall Club Showcase
• Squire's Old Dominion Ballroom
• 4PM - 8PM
• Stop by our booth and get a flyer! Or if you're a current member, stop by and support the club!

• 2003 Fall DEMO!
• Dance Room, War Memorial Gym
• 7:45PM - Whenever
• Come see fencing! And after the demo join us for the first lesson in SIX WEEKS OF FREE BEGINNER'S LESSONS!

The VTFC would like to wish a Happy One Year Anniversary to Brighid and Eric Moret!

Pressure on the cell membranes in my inbox due to an overflow of unanswered or at least unfiled emails caused me to do the unheard of and actually post the minutes for the last three months. Things (features, data, stuff, etc.) that are coming include results from MACFA, MACFA/NIWFA/VIWFA Champs, and NCCFC, pictures of the officers, officer night postings (yeah, so those last two will wait until next semester, but they *are* coming), Mansfield's Rules (it can't be a work in progress if we don't make progress!), and a change in the format of the calendar page from the current lazy format to something that actually looks like a calendar (if you want to know why the current format is "lazy," go look at the Virginia Division's calendar page ;-)).

The VTFC website is in demand! We have had two requests from overseas gear manufacturers to post links to their websites on our links page. ESUN, based in Hong Kong, China, and Duellist, somewhere in London, England, both would like you to peruse and purchase. I might note that shipping charges would probably outweigh any conceivable benefit from buying from European vendors, but that is of course for you to decide.

With that said, I hope everyone enjoyed the end-of-the-year banquet last night, congrats to all the Seniors, and to everyone, Good Luck on Exams!

For everyone that is interested in fencing here this summer, we now have summer hours and room assignments. For questions about summer practice, please email Mike Maloy or Aaron Caba.

Once again the campus comes alive and you are reminded that there are actually *students* that live here, not just the winter wind. Spring also means that some other things are going on, so make sure you know about:

• NEW OFFICERS - You voted for them, now watch them get handed the reins on April 1st. Their new contact info is up on the officers page.
  
  
• CONSTITUTION - Click here for the new, improved, and ammended constitution. Didn't know it was amended? You should come to the annual meetings!
  
  
• USFA RESULTS - Have been updated. VIWFA and NIWFA results may be up by the end of the weekend; MACFA results will be up as soon as we get them from SIT.
  
  
• NCCFC IS COMING! - On April 4th we're driving down to Gainesville, FL to participate in the FIRST championship meet ever in the all new National Collegiate Club Fencing (Association? We think so).

On a side note, I am really interested in what people have to say about the website. What do we need? What would make it more useful? Is it even useful to begin with? Do we need more references to animals? How about to M&M's? Let me know what you think!

Here's a quick list of all the updates I did this weekend:

• NIWFA results are posted!
• we now have a FAQ page!
• Changed the name of the "About" page to "History," cause thats really more what its going towards.
• Updated Women's team roster.
• Updated Minutes archive.
• Posted Virginia Division member's results from the Junior Olympics. Try out this year! You could go too!

And without further ado, I am going to go play Warcraft.

With the beginning of the new year, we see all sorts of things coming our way, and I'm sure everyone cannot wait to get back to Tech and start fencing practice again! Heh . . . don't all scream for joy at once. But now for something completely the same: a brief summation of all the fun things we have planned for this semester!

As always, comments and constructive criticism are welcome:

Just a little topical exam-time jest there . . . good luck to all on your finals!
A little late: Congrats to Mike Maloy for earning his E02 in foil at the ratings rally!
And if I read my minutes: Congrats to Jen Lin for earning her D02 in foil at the ratings rally!
Yes, the ratings rally was a week ago. I know.

I would just like to say that actually getting snow in the winter is a blast, the folks who came up to Roanoke for the Tournament with their beginner class rock, and as of five minutes ago all the directions links on the Event Schedule page were newly working. So yes, they should be working now as well.

Good luck to all who are going to the Ratings Rally this weekend!

The Semester Banquet will be held on the evening of Wednesday, December 11th, not December 12th, as a previous post incorrectly indicated. Which is to say that you can unwind from your last day of classes with the folks from the Fencing Club at El Guads! Come on down . . .

Here are the club events that remain for this semester:

1. Roanoke Tournament - Every year our beginner's class fences off with the fencing class at Roanoke College. December 5th we're going to take a trip up there and continue the tradition. For more info, email amarschn@vt.edu.
2. Semester Banquet - On December 12th December 11th, we will be having our Semester Banquet at El Guad's, on South Main Street. Your last chance to have some fun before exams!

So the website has been sliding along for a little while now, not much has been done to it. This could be because the last four weekends (actually five) before the Thanksgiving Break were fencing weekends. That's certainly the excuse I'm going to use. In any case, here's whats new:

1. Updated Roster Again - The roster should be "practically perfect in every way". PLEASE go check your personal info and let me know if your information is correct as entered. Oh yeah, and because someone bugged me, the email addresses on the members roster are now all links, making it even easier for you, the customer to purchase our fine products. I mean email your teammates. See what bugging the Webmonkey can do?
2. Tournament Results - We now have results from the Virginia Cup, the William and Mary Open, the Beginners Tournament, MACFA, and the Cavalier Novice posted. Check it out on the "Event Results" page. Side note: its great to see so many people doing USFA!
3. Pictures - For most of these events I have no or very few pictures. Specifically pertaining to the last MACFA - I am going to wait to put up pictures until I have a reasonable number of them. Since the only ones I have are off my camera (which means that unless they are not of actual fencing they are blurry) this is really a good thing. So please, when you develop your film, let me borrow photos that you think should go on the web!
4. Minutes - Minutes through the present are now posted, along with some ones from last year that were found lying around.

Right.

1. Updated Roster - I added some people that weren't there, and updated some weapon ratings. Please check your information and get back to me if it is incorrect.
2. Updated Pictures! - I put up a link to the Ice Skating Pictures and to the Corn Maze pictures on the Pictures page


       November 11, 2002  Just kidding . . .



I have results and pictures from the VA Cup this past weekend, and pictures from the last social event. Both things will NOT be posted by the end of this weekend, since that ended three hours ago. We went to the W&M Open, so I got nothing done. Tough cookies. But sometime late this week, look for a massive update. You might not find it, but do look for it.





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       October 23, 2002  MEN'S WEAPON TEAMS POSTED



The fence-offs for MACFA Men's team placings were completed this evening at practice and the results are posted on the Men's Team page! Congratulations to all who made the team, and thanks to everyone who tried out! Remember, just because you did not make the competition team this time does not mean that you cannot challenge up for a spot on the team later on in the year. So keep coming, keep practicing, and give us all a run for our money!

And for everyone who made the team, take note: the Virginia Cup is THIS SUNDAY!!




Minutes Archive and Member list Update

Oh yeah, and the last five sets of minutes from the officer's meetings are posted and the Members list has been updated with the names, emails, and weapon ratings of everyone who has paid dues so far this semester.


       October 21, 2002  Ice Skating: The Aftermath



On the 12th of October our Member at Large, the lovely Jessica Ball organized a social event, "Fencers on Ice."   So we all packed up and went to the Ice Station ice rink in Roanoke. For pictures and a story, Click Here.

Also, I updated the vendors list on the Links page to include a couple more websites for vendors such as Blue Gauntlet and The Fencing Post. More choices, and ZILLIONS of GREAT DEALS!


       October 14, 2002  Birthday!



Thats right, Sarge shall now be referred to as Grandpa Sarge! Happy Birthday to the Sgt. at Arms, Ryan Wemhoff!


       October 10, 2002  More Updates!



Yup, I've been at it again, this time updating the Men's and Women's Team pages. You will notice that the 2002-2003 competition teams have not been chosen yet, so if you are interested, check out the team pages and email the weapon captains!


       October 08, 2002  Mad Updatez!



Sorry it took me so long to get to some of this:



1. Updated Historian's Info - Our Historian is no longer <vacant>! Please talk to Laura Golden (lagolden@vt.edu) and let her know about tournament results or other things that we might want to keep track of.
2. Updated Schedule - Two Womens' events were added to the event schedule, along with the date and location of Junior Olympics next year.
3. Added to "About" section - Added some recent happenings to the "About" section.

Speaking of fencing events, I would like to take this opportunity to invite all of our new fencers to try out for any of the Collegiate Competition teams. We need fencers! Go check out the team's pages on the website, and talk to the team captain of the weapon you are interested in to find out when the fence-off for team spots will be held.

Pending: - There are new pictures from practice that need to be put up. Heckle me about it, and it will get done much sooner. Then you can direct all those annoying relatives who want to know about what you've been doing in college to some nifty pictures of you in your spiffed-up fencing duds.





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       September 25, 2002  Birthday!



To Our Fearless Leader, Jen Lin ----> HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!


       September 19, 2002  Large Webpage Update!



Here is a list of all the updates:



1. Updated Club Members Roster - please check through and make sure your email and your weapon rating(s) is/are correct.
2. Added to Officers List - added AOL Instant Messenger screen names to the officers list. Drop us a line sometime.
3. Schedule Update - Added two events to the schedule: the Penn State Junior Championship and the Lion Cup Open (MARC). Both are on October 5th and 6th, 2002.
4. Added Old Minutes - the Minutes archive is now up-to-date. No, the new ones don't look very pretty. Tough.

       September 12, 2002  Website Additions!



Prod the WebMonkey and Ye Shall Receive. Someone prodded in the right spot (and gave me mucho material to work with) and now we have a page of directions to Virginia Tech and a nifty colorful map of the "safe" parking spaces around campus for visiting fencers. Please direct your eyes to the "Directions" link in the menubar, or just click here.



       September 09, 2002  Fall02 Beginners' Class!!



Everyone please extend a warm welcome to all the beginning fencers in our beginners' class! Beginners' classes run from 7:30PM to 8:30PM Mondays and Wednesdays in the Dance Room in War Memorial gym. Current club members, please make an effort to turn out at Monday and Wednesday practices and meet our new fencers!





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      August 29, 2002  Upcoming Events!



This Friday - the club fair will be going on in Squire's Student Center from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Bring your friends and come by the fencing booth! Current fencers - please come on out and help us raise interest in the fencing club!

September 03 - Mandatory Workshop for all Officers from 5:30 to 8:00 PM in Squires Old Dominion Ballroom. Rec Sports wants us all there, so BE THERE!

September 07 - First Aid/CPR trainging. Club members are encouraged to come, Officers are required to come. Sessions start at 9:00am, and each session costs $5.00. Look for the flyer on the cork board in the dance room for more information.

September 09 - Bi-Annual Demo and the first Beginner's Class. All current club members are asked to attend! Please dress out! Come ready to help with the demo and meet our future fellow fencers. ALSO this is the deadline for Death Forms and dues for current club members.

September 23 - Bi-Annual Meeting! On the board: Running the Tech Open and some proposed changes to the Constitution.



      August 20, 2002  USFA - New Link



If you have ever wanted a reference chart for how ratings are assigned at USFA events, read this.



      August 17, 2002  USFA - VA Div Schedule



News from the Virginia Divison! We have a division schedule! As time permits I will post it right here (click on the "Event Schedule" link in the left menubar), but sneak-previews are available on the division website. For folks who have never been a member of the USFA, take a brief gander and just think about all the fun you could have at these multitudinous events. And then send in your registration forms!




Update: the Events Schedule has been updated! Check it out!.





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      July 27, 2002  USFA Rule Changes



Click here for a list of the new USFA rules that will be put into effect as of August 1, 2002.

      July 24, 2002  Website Changes



Hey all - under prodding (webmonkeys work best with a mixture of prodding & bananas) I've made a couple minor cosmetic changes to the page: Virginia is now spelled right on the "About" page, the asterisks are larger in the "Members" page, and the VTFC sock color code is now explained on the "Members" page as well (scroll down). Oh yeah, and I added a counter to the menu.

Time for sleep . . .



      July 15, 2002  Summer newsflash!



Item 1 --> For all those who didn't know, our practice hours are no longer cut for next semester! Tech looked at the proposal for cut hours at War Memorial, told War, "Gee, that sucks." War said, "Why yes, it does!" Tech said, "Never mind then, keep your old hours." So we have our space!

Item 2 --> We have a new advisor! Everyone please welcome Mr. Jesse Richardson to the party!

Item 3 --> The mantle of the Webmaster has been passed down according to tradition, so if weird stuff happens on the webpage in the near future, feel free to send complaints here.   Actually, feel free to poke around the website lots; many links have been fixed (and many broken, I'm sure), and things have been "tweaked" here and there. Please let me know what you think.


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April 26, 2002  More minutes.  Roster is up to date.

April 20, 2002 More color changes, this time to the Results page.  The correct year is on the Pictures page too.  The alumni tournament is in progress, results will be posted tomorrow.

April 09, 2002  Apparently the web site hasn't been updating correctly... if you do not see this message then it is still acting up.  Anyway, now a link has actually been added to the MACFA 2002 Champs results.  Take a look!  (Link is also available in the Results section).  **Edit:  12:07am April 10.  Later, that same evening, minutes are posted.  Also, Minutes, the Pictures page, and the Constitution are altered to be white-on-black to match the rest of the site.  As was pointed out to me, it looked pretty ugly :) **

April 04, 2002   More minutes.  A couple days late, but better late than never!  :)

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March 27, 2002  More minutes and the results from 2002 MACFA Champs!  See the reports section!

March 22, 2002 All Minutes are updated and the results for the MACFA 2002 Championships are being typed in.  Results should be available online in the morning.

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January 30, 2002 Ok, after a hectic few weeks of school I finally have time to work on this site.  Updates will be more regular from now on.  All the latest Minutes are available for your viewing pleasure.  The Men's and Women's team rosters have been updated (thanks to Alex for the info here).  The USFA events have been updated to show tournaments for this year.  MACFA is still unchanged at the moment, but it will be changed later tonight or tomorrow.  Also coming will be the results from the recent Women's meet at Sweetbriar.

January 25, 2001    As most of you know, I have taken over the care taking of the website.  So there should be more recent posts, more information on upcoming tournaments, more tournament results, etc.

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25 October, 2001 Okay, so I have been slacking off lately. However, the rumors are true, Graduate school does require insane rituals to be performed in order to graduate on time. And now for something completly different: Last months minutes are posted, so now everyone knows what we already did.

2 October, 2001 The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here! Errr...I mean we have a vice president! Welcome to Jessica Ball's new reign of terror. In addition, the club is kicking around the following ideas for activities: Midnight Bowling, Lazor Tag, the rock climbing wall in Roanoke/Salem (don't remember which), Movie (as in going to the theater :-P), Hiking, Camping, and Paintball.
Finally, discussions about pushing forward Varsity status are occurring more and more frequently. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to e-mail rpurnell@vt.edu or express them at any of the officers meetings (Thursday's 6:00 @ our place).



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28 September, 2001 The minutes are (hopefully) now up to date. Don't forget to come to the 1 October practice to participate in the Vice Presidential election. Suggestions are also being taken during practice and on the listserv for club social type gatherings. Also, If anyone was paying attention to the events as they are posted, you will have noticed that movies of the demo were promised. Sadly, after a thermonuclear meltdown involving much foul language and wild gesticulations, the movies were lost :( Attempts to recover the film are in progress.

27 September, 2001 Minutes. Posted. Elections on Monday. Be. there.

14 September, 2001 This weeks minutes have been duly posted. Enjoy!

10 September, 2001 The demo went well. Kudos to those who participated both in the demo and the first lesson that followed. We hope that interested parties continue their adventures in fencing. Soon there will be some movies of the fencing and other nonsense that occurred this evening. Be patient. Pictures have been posted already :). Also, the USFA and MACFA tournament schedules have been posted on the schedule page.



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30 August, 2001 People, really, if anything needs to be changed, let fenceweb@vt.edu know!



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20 February, 2001 The short play, I mean minutes, from the 16th of February have been posted. They are receiving rave reviews from audiences across the nation, and there is talk of a broadway show in the works.



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3 December, 2000 The new constitution has been posted.

2 December, 2000 Stop what you're doin', cause I'm about to ruin the image and the style that you're used to...Now gather round, cause I'm the new fool in town...

In the tradition of fine web masters before me, I vow to keep the web page up to date for the next 12 hours, before I lose interest in it and let it fall by the wayside again. --Ricky



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21 September, 2000 You may have noticed that the site looks a little different. Take a look around! Any comments or criticisms are welcome, as I hope this site will be an ongoing project for some time.