[Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] request for comments - sanctions proposal

[Baron, Meg]

Greetings unto the esteemed membership of the SCA:

A few years ago, the Grand Council gave the Board of Directors a proposal
for adding additional sanctions to the rather limited toolbox the SCA
currently has for dealing with problem behaviors and problem people.  The
proposal was put out for comment; however, due largely to its length and
complexity, the commentary was decidedly mixed, and the Board did not act on
the proposal.

Nonetheless, there were some good ideas within the proposal, and the Board
has returned to it several times over the past couple of years, seeking a
way to take these good ideas and incorporate them into our rules.  After
considerable rewriting and discussion, the Board has developed a proposal
for a change to the "sanctions" sections of the Governing Documents.
Unfortunately it has proved impossible to streamline the proposed changes
beyond a certain degree; there are too many scattered references in Corpora
and the other governing documents to various sanctions that may be imposed
by various people.  In fact, part of the purpose of this proposal is to
bring the language currently contained in Corpora into one place as much as
possible, for ease of reference.  The Board is seeking commentary from the
membership on this new sanctions revision, which is based heavily on the
work of the Grand Council as well as input from various Board members and
past Royalty. Special thanks go to former Director Fernando Vigil, who did
the bulk of the work of assembling this proposal in its final form.

This proposed revision is designed with several goals in mind:
 
·	To give additional options to Royalty faced with the challenges of
imposing appropriate sanctions.
·	To gather the assorted sections of the Governing Documents
concerning sanctions together and ensurecompatibility between them.
·	To make the rules on sanctions clearer and easier to understand.
·	To codify the methods by which administrative sanctions can be
applied and appealed.

While the proposal is quite lengthy, much of the language is not new; it
would simply be moved to a single new "Sanctions" section in Corpora.
Rather than try to explain all the changes in one lengthy introduction, the
Board felt it would be easier to follow if the explanations were
interspersed with the changes, appearing after each proposed change. The
changes are listed in the order in which they occur within the current
Governing Documents.  However, those wishing to focus on the substantive
changes should pay particular attention to the proposed new Section X,
Sanctions, as that is where most of the actual changes would occur. 

A complete discussion of all proposed changes, including what moves from
where and how remaining passages are renumbered, can be found on the web at
www.sca.org (the direct URL is
http://www.sca.org/BOD/announcements/commentary.html?id=12), or you may
request a paper copy from the SCA Corporate office (PO Box 360789, Milpitas,
CA 95036-0789). 

Following is a brief summary of the proposed changes:
	
SUMMARY OF MAJOR CHANGES

·	Creation of new Corpora section X. Many sections of the existing
Governing Documents will move here.

·	Creation of "Lesser Royal Sanctions": includes the existing
Banishment from the Royal Presence as well as a new option, Prohibition of
Wearing or Display of the Arms of the Realm.

·	Creation of "Greater Royal Sanctions": includes the existing
Banishment from the Realm and Absolute Banishment, and adds Withdrawal of
Privileges of Rank and Exile from the Realm.

·	Requirements for notification of a sanctioned individual are better
defined.

·	The already-existing rights of officers to impose administrative
sanctions are clarified, as are limits to those rights.

·	The meaning of the phrase "action of the Board of Directors" in the
By-Laws is clarified and defined.	

Commentary on this proposal is requested by December 1, 2004.

In service,

Meg Baron
President, SCA Inc.
Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to: 
SCA Inc.
Box 360789
Milpitas,  CA 95036

You may also email comments at sca.org or reply to this message.
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