[MR] New Orders: An Opinion

[Greg Lindahl]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 05:34:43PM -0400, Edvard Gayer wrote:

> POINT TWO - The Dolphins and Pearls, as members of polling orders, appear to 
> have unintentionally ratcheted-up the standards that they expect of 
> prospective new members to the point of being more difficult now for your 
> average Armiger to attain than ever before.

Actually, you have no idea if this is true. Dolphins and Pearls are
made by their Majesties, after polling the Order. Not every candidate
which receives a positive polling is inducted, and not every candidate
which is inducted receives a positive polling.

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> Like it or not, when people vote, it is natural for them to consider
> how a specific prospective member will make the rest of the order
> "look".

I don't think any Kingdom calls it "voting". This isn't a democracy.

Gregory Blount