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We're not enforcers! Honest!

This will not be a rant... although to justify what I'm about to write, I do need to pick apart some of the complaints I hear every so often against ourselves... so bear with me.

This weekend past, I had to (finally) put together the effective "rules" that already are more-or-less governing how Paranormal Studies and Investigations Canada does things. Those rules, up until this past weekend, weren't in a single document... so I hammered it out with help from Sue. The nice bit is, internally, amongst our volunteers, it's been met with not just acceptance, but an unexpected amount of praise to myself and Sue for finally banging it out so well! (...and only a couple of modest revisions suggested and adopted!)

You can have a look at it by clicking here.

To kind of re-iterate again, the document is about how we do things... not how we're telling other people to do things... in fact, that's why right at the beginning, I made sure it says...

This document is an internal document that is applicable only to PSICAN proper and it’s directly related websites and groups. It is not applicable to our affiliate groups or any group outside of the directly related PSICAN groups.

We don't assume nor do we pretend we're "in charge" or any sort of quasi-enforcer to the other people who are looking into things around Canada... but we did want people to know this is how we, the volunteers working within PSICAN, do things.

Now, in all honesty, I think it would be grand if every group or investigative team (or even solo-investigator,) had a document like this that anyone could have a look at... if nothing else, to let others, especially witnesses or "experiencers", know what they hold dear and what they will or will not do.

Still, even saying the above has probably raised an eyebrow with some folks around these parts, (I'm controlling, doncha know?) but what the heck, I can toss it out there... for better or worse... after all, it's up to those others if they think there's merit in the suggestion... if they may choose to adopt, adapt, and/or improve to their uses.

For now, it's what we've done... and as with all our things, we'd love your feedback... so let us know what you think if you have some time.