[MR] Proposal for reducing the backlog of scrolls with helpfromBarons/esses and Heralds

[LISA DENNEN]

I also agree (and this is coming from a herald!).  You shouldn't HAVE TO 
register your name/device in order to receive a scroll.  Remember that an 
AoA is a participation award.  This is showing everyone that you have 
participated enough to get recognized for the stuff that you do.  So...why 
should there be a requirement that in order to receive your scroll you MUST 
have a name/device registered?

I'm sorry it just doesn't make sense to me.

Now, I'm not saying that it is a bad thing to register your name/device. 
Being a herald I like to see this!  But getting people to do it?  That can 
be kind of hard.  Some folks don't because they don't like "da rulez" about 
heraldry.  Some folks really just can't be bothered with it all.  And some 
can't afford it!  Did y'all think about that one?

Isabetta Seraphina di Petrillo

>
> I definitely agree.  Also, is heraldry period for every persona?  It's by 
> no
> means my area of expertise, but I'm sure there are heralds on the list who
> can give us a history of heraldry and where/when devices were used to
> identify an individual.
>
> Someone with a Viking or Chinese or what have you might choose not to
> register a device because it doesn't fit with their persona--does that 
> mean
> they should never get a scroll if they've received an award?
>
> Also, not only are there people who just don't care to register stuff, 
> there
> are people who *wisely* wait on registering a name and device until 
> they're
> certain it's what they want, rather than going to the trouble of 
> registering
> a name only to determine after a few months that they'd rather have
> something else.
>
> Adriana Michaels