ANST - Order of the Pelican...

[Martha Lee Nichols]

 I would love to have been there.  I had dragon problems which confined me
at home.  
Marthe de Blenkinsop


On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Pug Bainter wrote:

> Good Morning,
> 
>   This weekend I noticed something during court that was *very* shocking
>   to me. I wonder if this is something unusual or signs of a serious
>   problem.
> 
>   While at Raven's Fort, the Order of the Pelican was called into court
>   in order to announce the upcoming peerages of two deserving
>   individuals. The disturbing part for me was the fact that there was
>   not a single member of the Order present in court. (I honestly couldn't
>   tell you how many were at the event, but I know there was one there
>   earlier in the day since they spoke for Dieter during his Knighting
>   ceremony.)
> 
>   Can the Order of the Pelican be so small that at such an event, with
>   the assumed preknowledge that there would be announcements, (I assume
>   that the Order knew that Viscount Galen would be announced since his
>   vigil is this coming weekend.) that none could be present for it? I
>   honestly don't know how many members of the Order there are, nor how
>   many are active, but this seems to be a truly sad state for our Society.
> 
>   Is the problem that they were all still working through court?
> 
>   Is the problem that there are so few members of the Order?
>     If so, why? Lack of enough people doing the hard work? Lack of
>     peerage qualities? Too high of standards for this Order and not the
>     others? (The Knights and Laurels seem to number in the millions at
>     times. *wink*)
> 
>   This is something that deeply disturbed me since the Order of the
>   Pelican is the Order that shows others that the giving of service is
>   truly something to enjoy. If the Order is dieing (which is what 0 in
>   attendance at such announcements indicates to me), than the Society, at
>   least in Ansteorra, is truly in trouble.
> 
>   I apologize if this is a little too drastic of a viewpoint, but it
>   truly concerned and disconcerted me.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> -- 
> Phelim "Pug" Gervase  | "I want to be called. COTTONTIPS. There is something 
> Barony of Bryn Gwlad  |  graceful about that lady. A young woman bursting with 
> House Flaming Dog     |  vigor. She blinked at the sudden light. She writes
> pug at pug.net           |  beautiful poems. When ever shall we meet again?"
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