Actually, your citation says "royalty **OR** the Baronage", which I'm not sure whether it's a typo, or if not, that would mean Royal awards could be delegated...not to split hairs or anything... :-) Generys ferch Ednuyed ap Madauc --- "Edvard Gayer" > wrote: >Anarra: > >I hate to disagree... no, wait a min, that's not quite true. :) > >You correctly point out that a Kingdom is a Branch of the SCA, but the >Corpora paragraph I've cited specifically speaks about the "Baronage of that >banch". Since there are no Baron/esses presiding OVER a Kingdom, the branch >that Corpora speak about in the paragraph I have cited cannot be a Kingdom. > >Here's the citation again: VIII.B.5: 5. Only royalty and territorial Barons >and Baronesses may bestow awards. If an award is established for a specific >branch, only royalty or the Baronage of that branch may bestow the award, >unless the power is specifically delegated in a manner consistent with >Corpora and kingdom law and custom. > >-Vard > >>The bit about delegation deals specifically for branch-level awards, as >>indicated by the phrase "or Baronage of that branch". Kingdom awards >>cannot >>be delegated to be presented by Shire representatives, since the Kingdom is >>not a "branch", and since there is no Baronage presiding over the Kingdom. >>Apparently, only Baronial awards may be so delegated, but then only if said >>delegation were consistent with Atlantian law and custom, which they >>currently are not. > > >A Kingdom is a branch--a branch of SCA, Inc. > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >======================================================================== > The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside > List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/ > Submissions: Atlantia@atlantia.sca.org >Subscriptions: http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia _____________________________________________________________ Fight the power! BlazeMail.com