[MR] mundane names and the OP

[David W. James]

On Sunday, August 25, 2002, at 08:39 AM, EoganOg at aol.com wrote:
> Your mundane name is the one thing that we can be reasonably sure will 
> not change.

	Really??  I knew this was true in Iceland, but it is the first I've 
heard of it in the USA.  I really must tell my wife that her name didn't 
change after all...

> If it is not published in any public forum, what is the problem with 
> using it to keep track of the awards and recognition you recieve in the 
> OP database?  Your mundane name is given to SCA, Inc, when you join as 
> a member.  It is given to the College of Heralds when you submit a name 
> or heraldic device.  I see no problem with giving it to Mordrea, 
> especially when it makes her difficult job a bit easier.

> Aye,
> Eogan Og
> Sacred Stone Persuivant

	The College of Arms doesn't enter your mundane name in an electronic 
database.  The corporation isn't dealing purely with game-side issues.  
Do you not see a difference there?

	And I'm pretty sure that the mundane names collected for the combat 
authorization database weren't originally intended to be published on 
the web either, but I had no trouble finding them there last year.  The 
fact that Mordrea doesn't intend to publish them does not bind her 
successors to her policy, or from mistakes or theft.

	Using mundane names is like using plastic in armor, or polyester in 
your court garb: ok if that's what is the best you can afford, but not 
something we should encourage on the game side.  And the OP is about as 
game side as you can get.

	I *wish* Mordrea had asked for help researching period ways to 
manage and track such things.  I'd have helped.  She didn't, and that's 
her choice and option; she holds the office.  I don't so I'm allowed to 
kvetch, with all the effectiveness that usually has.

David/Kwellend-Njal