Peer elevation...

[Chris and Elisabeth Zakes]

At 12:37 PM 3/3/97 -0600, you wrote:
 (much snippage)

>Btw, do we still actually enforce:
>
>  g. They shall have made every effort to learn and practice those
>  skills desirable at and worthy of a civilized court. To this end they
>  should have some knowledge of a wide range of period forms, including
>  but not limited to literature, dancing, music, heraldry, and chess,
>  and they should have some familiarity with combat as practiced in
>  the Society. They should also participate in Society recreations of
>  several aspects of the culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
>
>to become a peer in this Kingdom?
>
>Ciao,
>
>-- 
>Phelim Uhtred Gervas 

It may not come up in discussion much in the circles I have attended, but
I, personally, consider all of the above when I ask myself, "Does this
person exhibit the personal qualities I want to see in a Peer of the
Realm?" I won't point out specifically that person X doesn't know (for
instance) gaming, but if the person is too deficient in the general "peer
qualities," I can usually get my point across to the rest of the circle.
But by the time one has attained the "exceptional service" of a Pelican,
the person is pretty familiar with the personal attributes of a Peer.

Realise that this is my Pelican-centric view of people, since I don't sit
on the other circles. Knights, do you have a comment? Laurels?

Aethelyan of Moondragon