According to our Policies & Procedures ("P&P"), we can only advertise a workshop that has applied and been granted SAFD recognition as a recognized workshop.
It costs our members nothing (before and after the fact) they just need to go through the prescribed process.
Please read through the below listed criteria and follow these steps to have your workshop recognized.
6.01 Only an SAFD Fight Master, Fight Director Certified Teacher or Regional Representative may sponsor a SAFD sanctioned workshop.
6.02 SAFD workshops must employ at least one (1) Fight Master or Fight Director and one (1) Certified Teacher.
6.03 Anyone wishing to produce an SAFD regional workshop must submit an application to the Vice President who shall seek the approval of the Executive Committee. The application must include the following:
6.04 The Vice President will notify the applicant of the Executive Committee's decision.
6.05 The SAFD will provide access to the official SAFD Roster and free advertising in the Fight Master, the Cutting Edge and on the SAFD Web site.
6.06 Anyone wishing to produce an SAFD regional workshop must offer a ten percent (10%) discount on tuition to any SAFD member in good standing for a minimum of three (3) years (as per 2.01).
6.07 The SAFD does not assume responsibility for debts or losses incurred by a regional workshop.
6.08 The SAFD will not sanction a regional workshop offering the Skills Proficiency Test that is scheduled on the same dates, or that takes place within four weeks before or after, any NSCW event.
6.09 No two workshops will be sanctioned at the same time in or around the same vicinity. The Vice President will handle the securing of dates. Preference will be given to the application received earliest.
7.01 The Society will publish a journal biannually. The journal is entitled The Fight Master.
7.02 The SAFD will publish a newsletter entitled The Cutting Edge bimonthly.
7.03 The SAFD will maintain a site on the World Wide Web for dissemination of information.
7.04 All members in good standing will receive a copy of the journal and newsletter.
7.05 Educational institutions and libraries may subscribe to the journal through the Faxon Company Inc. and EBSCO Subscription Services.
7.06 The Executive Committee will select an editor and graphic artist for the journal.
7.07 The editor and graphic artist will receive a fee set by the Executive Committee.
7.08 Only SAFD sanctioned workshops (as per 6.00) shall be advertised in SAFD publications.