That is absolutely wonderful! Thanks, Keith!
Kev
From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] IOFF Charter, Part 1 Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:07:40 -0800
IOFF Members and all others to be:
Mr. Passant has been working hard on the Charter for the IOFF. Here it is.
This is great, and will be a lasting legacy for him, Byard, and all those on
the list and on the board.
The final charter will be centered text and the font will be GothicE or Old
English, without line #'s, or line #'s in Roman Numerals. I'm trying to
figure out how to print it out on 11X17" paper stock.
DonO
Ye CHARTER AND Ye ROOLS FOR YE INTERNATIONAL ORDER of FLY-TYING FANATICS
This Charter Shall be Granted Henceforth of Ye Day of Our Lord 1st of January in the year 2005
All IOFF'ers Shall be Deemed to Be of the Following Types and Malais of Mind Enuff to
1. Pursue with Intent to Denude your own livestock of Fur and Whiskar
2. ReColour In Pursuit of Excellence the Above Mateerials
3. Make Use of Coffee, Tea and Roots of the soil to Produce Also these
Colorations
4. Acquire a Vast Array of Implements More Important than The Tools with
which to Angle
5. Acquire a Vast Array of sedd "Materials" but Desire Still more
6. Hold Forth a Library of Great Importance and Knowledge per Ye Flietying.
7. Be Known as "Ye Tier of Flies" err Any Other Proffession
8. Possess a Site of Fly Production from Whence No Other DARES Tread
9. Evaluate for storage of sedd Materials any Receptacles of ALL Kinds
10. Bring ye to The Flies Exchange and N'er Miss One
11.Procure NOT ye Flies from others For Exchange
12. Think deeply and Pick thee an Exchange flie Then Bring Forth more than
ye has need of
13. Fidget with ye Flie Pattern Til Tis of Thy liking
14. Search ye Refuse for More Materials of Use in this Glorious Pursuit
15. Seek Tying Materials Where 'er ye Tread When Thee be Multitasking
16. Bring forth Ye Largest to Ye Smallest of flies
17. Lapse Into another World at Ye Sight of a TRUE Wonder of ye Noble and
Exotic Feather
18. Ensure That They Of the Taxidermy Know of your Desires and will Contact
Thee With news of Scraps
19. Create Ye Classics of Salmon Art
20. Delay the forward Progress of Horseless Carriages in Pursuit of Deceased
Wayside Creetures
21.Scribe Ye the Method and Materials for all flies of yor own Makeing What
'er they be.
22. Go forth and Make use of Leisure Time For the Production of Ye Flies
23. Encourage Ye Production of Great Numbers of One Flie to Pass to others,
over and Over et al
24. Travel Forth to a "Show of Ye Angle" And Bide more Amongst thy Brother
Tyers
25. Bring Forth to Others Ye World Over Thy Hobby and None Other
26. Proffessionally Manufacture ye Flies (But require Support of Others)
27. Store ye the Tools of the Angle Lest they encroach pon the
Manufacturing of Flies
28. Procure Equipment of Camera Trickery to support Ye Love of This Hobby
29. Build ye Custom Chattells and goods For thy Pastime
30. Settle Thy Accounts In Payment with Ye Fly. Be also Generous with Gifts
Of Same
