[MR] A (Probably Ridiculous) Heraldic Suggestion

[BATCOK at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/12/2005 3:53:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
atlantia-request at atlantia.sca.org writes:

We  already have a member database, and also the O&A.  Scanning is  hard
enough. Heaven forbid that we should re-key all that information to  identify
each scanned image!  Better to attach the scan to the  existing record.  That
way, there is NO change to a person's heraldry,  just a link from the
database to the actual  picture.

A problem with using the SCA membership database for reference is that  
membership in the SCA is not required for heraldic registration of a  person's name 
or device.  The system of reference tagging at this time is  the individual's 
modern name and for various other legal reasons we can't go  about 
distributing that information.
 
Michael Batcok, former Triton who has heard both sides of the  argument.

 
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I  have trouble doing it. 
- Tallulah Bankhead