District Fellows
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District Fellows is the 16-20 year old age group within the Woodcraft Folk, a UK-based educational movement for children and young people. It operates both on a local group level and as a semi-autonomous movement within the Woodcraft Folk. Woodcraft Folk is very strongly in favour of youth Empowerment - to this end the 16 - 20 year old age group is largely run by the young people. District Fellows are often referred to with the abbrviated term DFs.
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[edit] Organisation
Individual DF groups are usually based in a town or city, or in some cases a region. DF group meetings usually consist of a group of like minded individuals meeting up at a regular time and place (someones house, or a pub for instance, or even a community hall if the group is large enough) and taking part in usual woodcraft activities. These activities range through co-operative games, orgainising events, workshops and discussions, and general socialising!
The District Fellows movement also meets up on a national basis frequently, to hold both social, educational and business events allowing everyone to be involved in the running of DF's.
[edit] District Fellows Althing
Althing is the annual DF decision making event, usually held in October. Any DF member is entitled to go to Althing, to vote on and/or propose motions and to elect members to the DF committee. It is named after the ancient Icelandic Parliament( Althing ), where anyone could speak.
[edit] District Fellows Committee
District Fellows Committee is responsible for overseeing the running of the District Fellows movement. It consists of 9 regional reps and 5 "Other" posistions available to any DF member. All members of DF Committee are elected from the floor of Althing to stand for a 2 year term, with the exception of the Treasurer, who due to the complex nature of the job is on Committee for 3 years. On alternate years there is an extra role on committee of Shadow Treasurer who shadows the existing Treasurer for their final year before becoming treasurer themselves.
[edit] DF News
DF News is a seasonal magazine sharing news from within the Woodcraft Folk, mainly from the District Fellow age range. It is written mainly by members of the DFs and edited and made pretty by a team of dedicated DFs. It also features stories that come from around the world that DFs feel centre around the issues the Woodcraft Folk is concerned with.
DF News Archives can be found on the Span That World website.
