[MR] Award recommendations and names - a plea to all Atlantians

[Becky McEllistrem]

Probably thanks to Facebook which messes with my name recognition. <Grin>

Rebecca

--- On Fri, 3/4/11, Clerk of Precedence, Kingdom of Atlantia <op at atlantia.sca.org> wrote:

> From: Clerk of Precedence, Kingdom of Atlantia <op at atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: [MR] Award recommendations and names - a plea to all Atlantians
> To: AtlantianHeralds at yahoogroups.com, "Merry Rose" <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Date: Friday, March 4, 2011, 1:51 PM
> Unto the gentle populace of mighty
> Atlantia, greetings! It is a glorious day
> when Atlantia's fair citizens are recognized for their
> deeds, be they
> courteous, artful, helpful, or martial. It is important
> that those
> recognitions be recorded properly, and that is my job as
> your Clerk of
> Precedence.
> 
> Recently I have noticed a trend in awards being given to
> the gentle by their
> modern name, particularly children but also adults. Modern
> names should
> never be published in connection with awards. This is both
> a matter of
> privacy and protocol. Awards are given to the persona - not
> the person. We
> need the modern name information for cross-referencing to
> make certain that
> we have the correct "person", but the award should be
> connected to the
> persona's name, not the person's name.
> 
> Please be certain that you give an SCA name when you
> recommend someone for
> an award, and heralds, please be even MORE certain that you
> have both the
> SCA name and the modern name when submitting your court
> report.
> 
> As always, if you have questions, please don't hesitate to
> ask me.
> 
> ~Lady Glynis Gwynedd, Finsterwald Pursuivant
> Clerk of Precedence, Kingdom of Atlantia
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