[MR] Clarification from Her Highness

[Jen Thies]

Your Highness,

Thank you for your clarification and transparency on the matter at hand.

As to this statement made by Lord Gorm:
"It also concerns me that I have seen these petitions being circulated in a
very targeted manor. I have seen a petition carrier walk past three Peers,
to approach a 4th and get a signature"

I did take it upon myself to make the petition available and even approach
directly some of your Peers at the most recent session of University of
Atlantia (2/7 in Richmond VA). I can see how Lord Gorm may have seen this as
targeting certain Peers and not others, when in fact it was an attempt to
ensure every Peer had the opportunity to respond as easily as possible. If I
walked past three Peers to approach a fourth, I assure you it was because I
had already seen #1 & #3 fill out the petition, and I did not wish to
disturb #2's conversation and instead caught them later. No one was avoided
and no one was refused. I also did not try to convince anyone to agree or
disagree with me, but instead handed them the clipboard and allowed them to
slide their answer into the provided folder without examination. For those
who did not have the time to fill out the petition right then, they were
welcome to take the form and mail it to Their Highnesses at their leisure.
If I did miss anyone at University, you have my abject apologies.

After forgetting to deliver the collected petitions to Their Highnesses at
Ymir, I placed the envelope of still unexamined responses in the mail to
Them this Monday morning.

I know that Master Aedan took a similar action of collecting responses at
Ice Castles several weeks prior to my circulation. I think I can speak for
him when I say that we were merely attempting to help our Crown and Heirs
get as many responses of any nature, not just the sides we ally with.

In service,
Mistress Genevieve d'Aquitaine

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Esa Kirkepatrike <mered95 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Unto the Populace of Atlantia,
>
> I would like to take a small moment of your time to clarify a few issues
> regarding the Pan-Peerage Petition that is currently being discussed. This
> petition is a continuation of the process that was begun in 2007. Please
> understand that this spans five sets of Kings and Queens, two Kingdom
> Seneschals, and now His Highness and Myself as Heirs. The petition is in no
> way a new R&D against Janos of Cyddlain Downs. There was a hearing before
> the BoD, a sanction was issued, an appeal was heard by the BOD, there were
> issues with the process, an appeal of the appeal was heard, and the BOD has
> given Atlantia the option of the Pan-Peerage Petition.
>
> In no way is this petition meant to pressure members of the Peerage Orders
> to do anything. The Peers of this Kingdom, per society definition, are
> "those who, through talent, hard work, and long effort, have earned
> recognition for their contributions and skills". The Kingdom and the Society
> are calling on those people who have contributed the talent, hard work, and
> effort that makes this organization so important to us all, to give their
> opinion on a very difficult situation. There is no retaliation or coercion,
> merely the Kingdom calling on its leaders to give counsel on a very
> important issue.
>
> Each member of Atlantia has a different scope of knowledge concerning this
> situation. Unfortunately, that is the reality of a situation that spans
> multiple years and involves sensitive information. Please know that Atlantia
> would not be pursuing this course of action if there were another way. In
> terms of the Peers having no knowledge and being dragged through the mud,
> that is why the all Peer meetings have been held at Twelfth Night and Ymir.
> The meetings, along with correspondence on the Peer e-lists, have been an
> effort on the part of the Crowns to pass on the knowledge the BOD will allow
> us to share. In response to the statement "It also concerns me that I have
> seen these petitions
> being circulated in a very targeted manor. I have seen a petition carrier
> walk past three Peers, to approach a 4th and get a signature", I can not
> explain this. The petitions have been distributed to the e-list, they have
> been mailed or handed out to individuals who have requested them, etc. EVERY
> Peer has been asked to take the time to complete the petition, regardless of
> if they choose the option to agree, disagree, or have no opinion and return
> the petition to His Highness and I as the BOD has requested.  Each petition
> we receive will then be sent as one packet to the BOD for their review.
>
> I would like to publically state that there is NO claim, to Our knowledge,
> of "He attempted to force himself upon someone, but only got stopped when
> someone threatened with steel". This is a false rumor.
>
>
> Anyone wishing to have more information need only to contact His Highness
> or Myself. We have encouraged all peers to hear all sides of each story
> before making their decision. The Kingdom is not acting based on rumor but
> based on firsthand accounts from people involved. We would never work off of
> rumor alone.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> HRH Esa Kirkepatrike
>
>
>