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[Janyn Fletcher]

Esperanza thank you for the post. I have sent emails to the board because I
disagree with their latest analysis, as an engineer and a post grad in
engineering, their numbers are all over the place and I especially took
exception to their analysis of the response. They claimed that rapier had
"overwhelming majority" at 62% but we did not have "overwhelming majority"
because we had 54% support. Every statistics course I ever took proved that
51%> was a majority. This splitting of hairs using "overwhelming" as a
discriminator is just silliness and smoke and mirrors. I am happy for the
Rapier crew, but I will be dammed if I will just stand by and watch ours run
aside without very clear and good reasons....

Janyn


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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:09:15 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: [Announcements] Potential New Peerage Exploratory Committee
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Potential New Peerage Exploratory Committee 

Based on input from the Census results, as well as an examination of the
breadth and depth of participation across the Known World and the unique
subculture, ethos, and goals it has developed within the Society, the Board
of Directors intends to explore the possibility of creating a new peerage to
recognize as peers those participants who meet the general requirements for
a patent of arms and who demonstrate prowess in Rapier / Cut and Thrust
Combat. As this would potentially be the first additional peerage for the
SCA in many decades, input and feedback from the Known World throughout the
exploratory process is essential. 

The SCA?s Board of Directors is seeking individuals interested in
participating in an Exploratory Committee focused on developing a set of
options for potential implementation of a new peerage for Rapier Combat
and/or Cut and Thrust Combat. 
This committee would be responsible for developing sets of recommendations
for heraldry, regalia, corpora changes and identifying and addressing
associated issues around creating and implementing such a peerage, and would
consist of representatives of the following categories: 
? One recognized Rapier Fencer or Rapier Fencing Official ? One recognized
C&T Fencer or C&T Fencing Official ? One Fencing Laurel (recognized for
Fence) ? One Fencing Pelican (recognized for Fence) ? One Fencing
Knight/Master at Arms ? Two Heralds ? One Non-Fencing Pelican ? One
Non-Fencing Laurel ? One Non-Fencing Knight/Master at Arms ? One Lady of the
Rose ? One expert in Corpora (e.g., Seneschal) ? One SCA Archivist or
Historian 

Please submit Letters of Intent by July 1st, 2012 and identify to which of
the above categories you are specifically applying. Those individuals who
have expressed interest already via the Comments email address or the
Directors email address will be considered. 
Hard copies of resumes (both professional and SCA related, including offices
held and honors) must be sent to the attention of The Board of Directors,
SCA, Inc., P.O. Box 360789, Milpitas, CA 95036-0789. Electronic courtesy
copies should also be sent to [peerageexploratorycommittee at sca.org]
peerageexploratorycommittee at sca.org and resumes at sca.org. 


The exploration into a new stand-alone Peerage for Rapier / Cut and Thrust
is driven not only by what the Board of Directors perceives to be a very
high level of support across the organization, but also because it expresses
a defined and specific culture that is unique and separate from chivalric
armoured combat, other martial arts, and the unique and separate cultures of
the Arts and Sciences and Service communities. 

The results of this Exploratory Committee, along with comments from the
populace about those results, will then be reviewed by a much larger and
more representative Review Committee. The Review Committee will be
established later by the Board of Directors and will be comprised of
representatives selected by the relevant groups and organizations within and
across the Society (e.g., the Kingdoms, Peerages, Heralds, Seneschals, Grand
Council, Rapier Fencing Community, and C&T Fencing Community) as a final
input into the process. The Board will be working with those organizations
to request their nominees following the formation of the Exploratory
Committee. The Board welcomes all commentary throughout this exploratory
process from the populace at large. 
Please send commentary to [Comments at sca.org] Comments at sca.org and include
Potential New Peerage in the subject line. 
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Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to: 
SCA Inc. 
Box 360789
Milpitas, CA 95036 


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