[MR] Laurel Office Request for Feedback on the Rules for Submissions

[Miriel]

Minor correction to the web address: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLJZDDZ

Miriel

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:49 PM,  <scribe0002 at aol.com> wrote:
> What follows is a request for input from the populace regarding the heraldic submissions process currently practiced in the SCA. I forward this message in its entirety.
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> You don't have to be a herald or have anything registered to participate. They don't just want to hear from peers, either. This request for information will only make things better for everyone if everyone is represented in the process. Please, I know this time of year is busy, but if you care about how heraldry is practiced in the SCA now or how it will be practiced in the future, take this opportunity to speak up.
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> ~gise
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> To those to whom these words come, greetings from Olwynn niChinneidigh, Laurel Queen of Arms and Juliana de Luna, PalimpsestHerald.
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> The Laurel office is starting to review our policies and procedures forsubmissions.  We expect that the eventual outcome will be a completerewrite of the Rules for Submissions.
> To start this process, we're asking the populace and heralds to give usfeedback about the heraldic submissions process and how it should work. A survey which asks some basic questions can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLJZDDZ;we'd appreciate it if interested people would take time to answer thequestions there.  Anyone can complete this; we promise to read allanswers.  We expect the survey to take fifteen to twenty minutes. Additional comments about or ideas for this process can be sent to rules at heraldry.sca.org.
> We have several goals for this process:
> -    to make the Rules for Submissions easier to use for heralds and submitters alike
> -    to reduce discrepancies between the Rules as written and the rules as applied
> -    to reflect on the degree of authenticity we want for the registration process and how best to codify rules to evaluate it
> -    to reconsider the level of difference we should require between names and devices for registration
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> In all areas, the Society for Creative Anachronism has moved towardsprogressively better understandings of what people did in our period. Given this, we are not interested in discussing rules changes thatwould substantially lower our standards for registration of names andarmory.  But we are interested in exploring ways to make it easier forpeople register items that are in period style, whether or not they fitthe rules as they currently exist.  We welcome ideas about how to dothat from all sources.
> We look forward to hearing from you!  The deadline for the survey isJanuary 31; we will continue to accept comments by e-mail until thereview of the rules is completed.  Please forward this message to othermailing lists, so that as many people as possible can respond.
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> Juliana and Olwynn Laurel
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