[MR] Polling bottlenecks

[Susan and Frank Downs]

Unto Countess Mary-Grace of Gatland, greetings.

Your Excellency, I am sorry if my ill-chosen words have distressed you. I
assure you that I did not mean to imply that you and Count Havordh did not
care about the Kingdom. On the contrary, you demonstrated your love for
Atlantia many times during your reign.

I'm afraid my frustration simply overrode my editorial judgement, and I
expressed myself poorly. Please forgive my discourtesy; it was
unintentional.

Sincerely,
Baroness Caitlin ni h'Arrachtain, CP, CGD

> From: "Nancy-Ellen Gatlin" <negatlin at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: <negatlin at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:51:40 -0400
> To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: RE: [MR] Polling bottlenecks
> 
>> Some Monarchs (such as Havordh and
>> Mary-Grace) don't even bother to poll an Order during their reigns. (No
>> Dolphin pollings were done during the last reign.)
> 
>> Being King and Queen for the first time is undoubtedly overwhelming and
> confusing at times.
> 
> I feel compelled to respond to this, as it implies that we did not care
> enough about the people of Atlantia to "bother" to poll for them.
> As Prince and Princess, we sat in the "pre-polling" meetings with Anton and
> Emer and were given the opportunity by their Majesties at the time to add
> anyone we felt should be polled for. Pretty hefty pollings were conducted at
> that time, and we were able to draw from that list during our reign. And,
> where there was an instance where it seemed a very deserving gentle was
> overlooked in that polling, we held an oral polling within that order and
> were able to award that gentle accordingly. While I do understand that most
> people don't know the reasons behind many decisions the Crown makes, it
> seems a little hasty to say that we "did not bother". It implies that we did
> not care, and that is just not the case.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Countess Mary-Grace of Gatland
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org]On Behalf Of Terry L. Neill
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:25 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Polling bottlenecks
> 
> 
>> Some Monarchs (such as Havordh and
>> Mary-Grace) don't even bother to poll an Order during their reigns. (No
>> Dolphin pollings were done during the last reign.)
> 
> This is an even bigger problem that one might think.  Because Kingdom Law
> limits polling responses.  If a polling was not conducted during the reign
> of the current King and Queen, or during the reign of their predecessor,
> then it is NO LONGER VALID and the monarchs must re-poll.
> 
> Havordth and Mary Grace could act on any pollings done in Thier reign, or in
> the reign of Anton and Emer.  But not on pollings done in the reign of
> Ragnarr and Kyneburh.
> 
> Because Havordth and Mary Grace conducted few pollings, and also because
> They recognized so many people on pollings they and Anton & Emer conducted,
> that meant Galmr and Aryanna had practiacally NO ONE LEFT they could award
> in the first weeks of their reign!
> 
> Being King and Queen for the first time is undoubtedly overwhelming and
> confusing at times.
> 
> Kingdom Law 8.2.1:
> "Orders of Merit may be given by the Crown after written or verbal
> consultation with the companions of the order regarding the qualifications
> of a candidate. Each such polling shall be considered valid for the duration
> of the current reign and the entirety of the following reign."
> 
> There's no language in Kingdom Law directly concerning how long Peerage
> pollings are valid.  And Corpora only states the Orders must be polled.  But
> in practice, Crowns seem to follow the same rule, at least for Laurel
> pollings.
> 
> Galmr and Aryanna acted on the Polling problem while Prince and Princess.
> They should have current pollings to work from very soon.
> 
> Regards!
> 
> - Anarra, pooped from polling!
> 
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