I actually had to go read EK Law to see what the wording was, because I do (did) not believe my work to up to Maunche "level". I could probably talk myself into believing my service to the arts is there, but my actual "arts"?

Piffle -- you're there, and then some. Yes, there is some blurriness between "*Service* to the arts" and "service to the *Arts*", but you have plenty enough skill and expertise to qualify for the arts-track side of that.

Mind, this is coming from someone else who has always straddled that line -- I was a "service Laurel" to a certain degree. From that perspective, I am very confident that you qualify.

The way I think of the "arts track" is that it is all about leadership within the arts. The person who gets only service-track awards for arts work is someone who does a lot of work to *support* the arts, but isn't really *part* of those arts. That's not you: you've done plenty of teaching and practice within the gaming field, and people have learned from and begun to follow your examples. You're not "someone who helps the gamers", you're "someone who leads the gamers". That's what the Manche is all about...