AMERICAN
CIVIL WAR
ASSOCIATION
CIVIL WAR
ASSOCIATION
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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ASSOCIATION |
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About the American
Civil War Association |
| Preamble:
We, the American Civil War Association,
are foremost a group of friends and families that comes together to share
in our enjoyment of history in as many ways as we have members. Each of
us brings a different set of values and viewpoints to the hobby of Civil
War reenacting and no two approaches will be identical. Secondly, the
ACWA professes to be an organization accurately portraying the Civil War
for the public at large, educating them on the era to the best of our
ability. In order to responsibly do so our membership must recognize that
during the time the public is in our camps, viewing our battle reenactments
or speaking to our members we must conduct ourselves in a manner befitting
the era we portray. Modern equipment, clothing and behavior must be kept
to an absolute minimum during these times or our efforts to educate loose
much of their value. Our members should realize and accept that their
personal comfort and convenience should not hinder our ability as a club
to convey a reasonably accurate glimpse of history to those who come to
see it at our events or events at which we are guests. Conduct During Public Hours Clothing: During public hours all members of the ACWA must remain in clothing of the Civil War era when in an area of historical portrayal. This includes the military or civilian camps or any other area of an event site in which members are conducting themselves as representatives of the ACWA. Any member unable or unwilling to remain in period clothing should remove themselves from any area of historical portrayal until after public hours. Equipment: During public hours all members of the ACWA, as much as possible, must keep hidden from public view all modern equipment in their camps. This includes cooking equipment, food or beverage containers, modern children's toys etc. Vigilance: It is the responsibility of each member of the ACWA to police areas of historical portrayal for items or behavior of a non-period nature and ask any persons responsible to remove their items or cease their behavior. If refused, the matter should be reported to the respective brigade commander or civilian coordinator. Emergencies: Naturally, emergencies will be exempt from afore mentioned sections. Enforcement Authority: The ACWA Board of Directors will have the authority to enforce Authenticity Regulations. Any member may report a violation of the regulations. Corrective action: If a violation of a regulation is noted and brought to the board's attention, they shall ask that the violation be corrected: i.e. non-period equipment removed from view. If the same individual or group commits another violation the board shall issue a written warning to the individual or group in question. Chronic violations: If the board has given ample warning to a repeatedly offending individual or group, the board must take action against the unit or group in question via the CI process. Decision to take such action will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Proposed by John Kalleen IV, Commander, Federal Battalion, 2006 Season |
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