RE: Public Apology Made via WildFire FB Page Lisa, Thank you for this apology. Of course, I accept it wholeheartedly. As I have mentioned in our PMs, I forgave you as it happened. Partially because it is not in my nature to hold grudges when people make an occasional mistake, and partially because I knew that the majority of the words in that email were not your own. Your only real fault in this as I see it was not standing up against something you knew in your heart was wrong. I do not hold this against you in any capacity. Again, thank you for this apology. It means a lot to me. Now, I could just smile and move on, pretending that all has been resolved, but that would be as dishonest to myself and my own principals as it would be to the entire community. As a community built on trust and love and transparency, I have to ask: Is the punishment I have been sentenced to the only corrective action necessary to begin the healing process after this terrible incident? Is the antagonist who still remains unnamed in my confirmed account of the story not to be held accountable for his gross indiscretions against not only myself, but several others who shared the cabin I was in ( Sadie, Amber, and Corinne, to be exact)? What sort of action is to be taken against this individual for his mistakes? Or is he somehow above reproach? In case you have not read my account of the story (since it was never asked of me before my sentencing) I will link it here so that you can understand my concern. As long as actions like those of this man go unchallenged, I would never feel safe nor would I feel welcome at WildFire again, and I have been made aware of many others who share the same sentiment. Furthermore, just to be perfectly honest, I an currently at odds with myself, and am very undecided as to whether I will ever return to WildFire. On the one hand, I have been stripped of my purpose for attending WF (I have always gone to teach and share and give to the community. In total between all of the WFs I have attended, I have actually had time to attend only 4 full classes.). Without the opportunity to share my experiences and help others learn from them, and learn from others in my classes, I feel it would be a waste of time. This makes me think that it is time to start putting more effort into other events like Inferno, Fahrenheit, Live Free, and NEFF, and let WF carry on as it always has, never looking back at the people who have been pushed away as a result of one political agenda or another. On the other hand, I have received so much love and compassion and support from people around the globe, but particularly from the WF family that I feel compelled to return at least once to say thank you to each and every one of them, and to say goodbye. On the other, other hand, ;) I feel almost obliged to continue attending WF due to the sudden near monopoly on the fire prop market after the events of this past WildFire which have eliminated two of the larger fire prop vendors at WF (Fire Mecca and FireCraft) in one fell swoop. Thankfully I have plenty of time to think on this before the next WildFire, and the SAF board has plenty of time to decide how it will react to the actions of the individual mentioned in my account. https://facebook/notes/shane-ravenbane/the-first-hand-account-of-the-safety-briefing-accident-2014-09-20-shane-ravenban/10152640903791480
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:38:40 +0000
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