[MR] More about awards (fwd)

[Siegfried Sebastian Faust]

Ummm, Not sure what webpages you are looking at ... but Aethelmearc's homepage:
http://www.aethelmearc.org/

On the front page list of groups calls them a Dominion.

And then when you go to their webpage:
http://www.lightlink.com/merellia/myrkfaelinn/

They make it quite obvious they are a Dominion (large lettered 
graphic).  The next page evens goes father to call themselves an 
'Independant Dominion'

In fact, they even have their laws online:
http://www.lightlink.com/merellia/myrkfaelinn/policies.pdf

Which I found quite interesting ... they specifically mention where they 
will behave AEthelmearc law.  And I can see where some of their practices 
might otherwise be seen 'badly' if they were not independant ... in 
particular two:
1) They hold their own curia, twice a year, for their own business  (In a 
sense, no different than a Baronial Meeting, except for the name: Curia ... 
In Atlantia we can't even use the term 'Red Tape' for our own Baronial 
Laws, because only the Kingdom Red Tape is the Red Tape ... So I bet 
holding 'Curia' is right out.

2) The way they choose their Seneschal.  A Seneschal is required to hold 
office for 2 years, and only 2 years.  At the end of that 2 year reign, at 
a certain event, the Seneschal chooses from the populace who will be the 
next Seneschal.  No input from anyone else, it's all up to the Seneschal 
who the next one is.  And they 'toss' the key of the Dominion to the new 
one, and bamm, you are it, don't whine, don't complain, start doing your 
job for the next two years *grin*.  (Of course, I'm SURE that a responsible 
Seneschal isn't going to throw the key to someone who is not going to be 
willing to do it, and/or do a decent job)

Siegfried


At 12:08 AM 10/2/2001 -0400, Velsthe1 at aol.com wrote:
> >Unfortunately, at least in the eyes of Aethelmearc,
> >and even on the current website of Myrkfaelinn, they
> >call themselves a shire. It used to be a dominion, by
> >gum!
> >
> >Pedro
>
>D'oh! Well, that's news to me. Will these blasted power-hungry Monarchs 
>never let peace loving Icelandic Democracies thrive!?!  But oh, how the 
>glory is sullied in letting this happen.
>
>..Need to have a talk with my old friends in Myrkfaelinn...And how did 
>John the Pell ever allow this to happen!?!
>
>
>Vels
>
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