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To those to whom these words come, greetings from Olwynn ni Chinneidigh,<br>
Laurel Queen of Arms and Juliana de Luna, Palimpsest Herald.<br>
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The Laurel office is starting to review our policies and procedures for<br>
submissions. We expect that the eventual outcome will be a complete<br>
rewrite of the Rules for Submissions.<br>
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To start this process, we're asking the populace and heralds to give us<br>
feedback about the heraldic submissions process and how it should work.<br>
A survey which asks some basic questions can be found at<br>
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLJZDDZ" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLJZDDZ">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GLJZDDZ</a></a>; we'd appreciate it if interested<br>
people would take time to answer the questions there. Anyone can<br>
complete this; we promise to read all answers. We expect the survey to<br>
take fifteen to twenty minutes. Additional comments about or ideas for<br>
this process can be sent to <a href="mailto:rules@heraldry.sca.org" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:rules@heraldry.sca.org">rules@heraldry.sca.org</a></a>.<br>
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We have several goals for this process:<br>
- to make the Rules for Submissions easier to use for heralds and<br>
submitters alike<br>
- to reduce discrepancies between the Rules as written and the rules<br>
as applied<br>
- to reflect on the degree of authenticity we want for the<br>
registration process and how best to codify rules to evaluate it<br>
- to reconsider the level of difference we should require between<br>
names and devices for registration<br>
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In all areas, the Society for Creative Anachronism has moved towards<br>
progressively better understandings of what people did in our period.<br>
Given this, we are not interested in discussing rules changes that would<br>
substantially lower our standards for registration of names and armory.<br>
But we are interested in exploring ways to make it easier for people<br>
register items that are in period style, whether or not they fit the<br>
rules as they currently exist. We welcome ideas about how to do that<br>
from all sources.<br>
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We look forward to hearing from you! The deadline for the survey is<br>
January 31; we will continue to accept comments by e-mail until the<br>
review of the rules is completed. Please forward this message to other<br>
mailing lists, so that as many people as possible can respond.<br>
<br>
Juliana and Olwynn<br>
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