[MR] New awards?

[Angela Pincha]

eek... I miss typed and accidentally left out a GoA level award - the White Scarf, sorry, no insult intended!
Mordrea

-------Original Message-------
From: Angela Pincha <checkylady at earthlink.net>
Sent: 03/17/03 01:29 PM
To: Terelyn Marks <jilamay at hotmail.com>, checkylady at earthlink.net, annealea at yahoo.com, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: Re: [MR] New awards?

>
> -------Original Message-------
From: Terelyn Marks <jilamay at hotmail.com>
Sent: 03/17/03 02:34 PM
To: checkylady at earthlink.net, annealea at yahoo.com,
atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] New awards?

>
> I do have one more question though -- forgive me, I'm still
> new enough that this is a little confusing to me!  What is a
> Grant Level award?
>
> Thanks!
> Marsaili Johnston

Marsaili,

The SCA is a rank structured group. As the years go on and one's
involvement progresses, awards are given that give you rank within our group. Awards
that have rank associated with them are known as "armigious" awards...
there are three levels, that along with the date you received the award
determine your rank within the group:
  AoA (Award of Arms)
  GoA (Grant of Arms)
  Patent (Peerage)

You can get a bare AoA or GoA (a bare patent is almost unheard of) meaning
that the recipient is given solely an AoA or solely a GoA. Then you have
the awards that are "AoA level", or "GoA level", etc. An award that conveys
an AoA, GoA, or Patent places you higher in the rank structure. Date of
when you received the award is the other piece that ranks you. All of this is
tracked in the OP, or, Order of Precedence (http://op.atlantia.sca.org).

In Atlantia, we did not have GoA level awards other than the Landed
Baron/Baroness which when a person steps up into that position they automatically
are given a GoA. As of 1 Apr, we will.

The Award of the Fountain is what started this conversation. This is an
award for some outstanding service that our Monarchs choose to recognize. Its
a cool thing to get, does nothing for your ranking in the society. Now, if
Their Majesties see someone doing cool service stuff for some period of
time and they consider that the person has distinguished themselves by their
service to Atlantia, They may recognize that service with the new AoA level
award (giveable after 1 Apr) known as the Order of the Opal. As time goes
by, and that person continues to do lots of service and the level increases
such that Their Majesties deem it to need more recognition, that person
may be given the now (well, as of 1 Apr) GoA level award - Order of the
Golden Dolphin... this trend can culminate in a person being recognized for
outstanding service to Atlantia and the SCA as a whole at some point in the
future and be recognized with the Order of the Pelican which is one of the
three bestowed perrages and conveys a Patent. (This flow also works for
fighting and A&S with the appropriate awards along those tracks.)

The awards available are:
SCA wide Royal Peerage (carries a patent in Atlantia):
 Duke/Duchess
 Count/Countess
 ViCount/ViCountess
 And in most kingdoms,
   ViCountess and Countess are inducted as a Lady of the Rose

SCA wide Bestowed Patent level:
 Chivalry (Knights - Fighting)
 Pelican (Service)
 Laurel (A&S)

Atlantian GoA Level (as of 1 Apr 03)
 Sea Stag (fighting)
 Krakken (fighting)
 Golden Dolphin (service)
 Pearl (A&S)
 Yew Bow (archery)

Atlantian AoA level (as of 1 Apr 03)
 Silver Osprey (fighting, un-belt only)
 Bright Leaf (A&S)
 Opal (service)
 King's Missiliers (archery)

Atlantian Non-armigious Awards
 Shark's Tooth (fighting)
 King's Award of Excellence (King's choice)
 Undine (service to Queen)
 Sea Urchin (recognition of a child 12 and under)
 Fountian (service)
 Nonpareil (exemplify what it means to be an Atlantian)
 Silver Nautilus (A&S)
 Hippocampus (recognition of one 10 to 17)
 Herring (autocrats)

For details of all the old awards, go to <a target=_blank
href="http://law.atlantia.sca.org/">http://law.atlantia.sca.org/</a> I'm sure it will be
updated with the new awards soon...

So, hopefully I've not confused you too bad... it gets easier as time goes
by. If you've more questions, bring 'em on!

Mistress Mordrea