[MR] Secrecy

[Peters, Rise J.]

Herveus, are you suggesting that it is up to individual players to decide whether specific folks get told of their impending awards?  I'd always understood that members of polling order, scribes with awards to do, etc. were under instruction not to breathe a word to the recipients.  If I've misunderstood, and there isn't an actual tradition-with-the-force-of-law in effect here, I'd like to know that too.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Houghton [mailto:herveus at radix.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:18 PM
> To: Merry Rose
> Subject: Re: [MR] Secrecy
>
>
> Howdy!
>
> I, too, agree that the over-emphasis on "surprise" and "secrecy"
> is, well, overdone. I have personally witnessed (and gone through
> the aftermath) the consequences of failing to pass the word.
>
> In one case, I advised the crown that they should be more forthcoming
> about their intentions to avoid these unpleasant incidents. I was
> told in response that it was the duty of the crown to give awards
> and the duty of the populace to show up to receive them. While I had
> approached that reign with good expectations, I found myself greatly
> relieved when that crown stepped down.
>
> Sometimes people can't just "come to court". They have other duties
> and obligations that they cannot simply drop without reason,
> if at all.
>
> When this general topic has arisen, I have encouraged people to try to
> convey to someone else their desires on the subject (of
> surprise/secrecy).
> If you make sure someone else knows how you feel about it, especially
> someone who (one hopes) might be in a position to use that information
> before it becomes outdated, you have a chance to have it your way.
>
> For my part, I am willing to receive such information from anyone who
> contemplates the possibility of being inducted into any of the Orders
> I belong to. Those would be Pelican, Pearl, Golden Dolphin. I also
> encourage all peers to discover those preferences in their associates.
>
> yours,
> Herveus
>
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