[MR] Kingdom Roster of Artisans

[snspies at aol.com]

Once again, I would like to draw everyone's attention, especially those people involved in obtaining judges for A & S competitions, to the Roster of Artisans that can be found on the kingdom web site under Arts and Sciences.  Almost everyone on that list at one time indicated that they would be willing to judge and the specific areas in which they felt competent to judge.  The intent of this roster was to make knowledgeable judges available.  If this resource is not being used, and if folks are still being caught at events as emergency judges, then some of the problem may be simply that those judging do not have the qualifications I would expect in a judge.  

There are surely enough active laurels and pearls in this kingdom to provide a wide variety of qualified judges at A & S competitions.  I strongly believe that that is a major "duty" of members of those orders.  

Leaving no comment is, yes, unacceptable.  

The onus of arranging competent judges for any competition is on the organizer or sponsor of that competition.  They are also responsible for giving the judges instructions on how to judge which would include how to make comments, etc..  Perhaps more focus needs to be directed to this aspect of competitions.

I would also suggesst that the Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences keep the Roster current and correct.  I know that there must be a lot of additions and corrections needed since I handed it over several years ago.

Mistress Ingvild