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

[Laurence Lagnese]

When I hit done I got a 404 error anyone else get the same?  other pages are
working while this one is not.

thanks




On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM, E. L. Wimett
<silverdragon at charleston.net>wrote:

> For those who simply ignored Gisela's email as "one of those heralds'
> business things", let me add a few words:
>
> This survey is in part a result of strong representations to Laurel and the
> College of Arms that the current standards for "authenticity" particularly
> in the area of names are our of synch with the needs and desires of the
> membership of the Society at large.  Over the past decade the standards for
> names have steadily been raised (e.g., banning "Society-compatible" names
> like Rhiannon and Maeve last year) to the distress of many submitters in
> Atlantia.
>
> Many of you have complained to me about the requirements for nsme
> registration.  Many of you have been asked by me or by the Laurel Office to
> change you submitted name to meet current standards even though the name
> might have been perfectly registerable five or ten years ago.  Many of you
> have simply said to me that you were not going to register a Society name
> since the requirements would make the name too different from the name by
> which your Society brethren have known you for years.
>
> If you are in any of those groups, this is your opportunity to give your
> feedback to the Laurel Office.  Nay more, if you are one of those who have
> been complaining, it is your RESPONSIBILITY to respond to this survey.  If
> you do not, in a very real sense you have forfeited your right to complain
> about the shape the Society's name and armory rules take in the future!
>
> Alisoun
> Golden Dolphin Herald/Metron Ariston Herald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of
> scribe0002 at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:49 PM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org; brnsacstone at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MR] Laurel Office Request for Feedback on the Rules for
> Submissions
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> ~gise
>
> To those to whom these words come, greetings from Olwynn niChinneidigh,
> Laurel Queen of Arms and Juliana de Luna, PalimpsestHerald.
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
> Juliana and Olwynn Laurel
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