[Re: ANST - Restrictions on Reigns - a question to ponder]

[Celeste de Montomorency]

Greetings!

I agree with Tomanga. I can see the reason for waiting one or two reigns 
after your current reign, but 3 is a little too long to be required to wait. 
Most people wait at least two reigns anyway and from what I've heard from 
some, if they want it so soon after their last reign, they're gluttons for 
punishment.  If they're willing to do it and they have the means and 
qualifications to do so, let them.

              Lady Celeste Courtenay de Montmorency



>From: Keith Hood <hoodkl at netscape.net>
>Reply-To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: [Re: ANST - Restrictions on Reigns - a question to ponder]
>Date: 17 Jun 99 15:55:58 CDT
>
> >
> > > THIS IS NOT A CURRENT PROPOSAL BEFORE THE BOARD.
> > >>One proposal which is attracting the most attention would work as
> > >>follows.  As it stands, it is not possible for a king or queen to
> > >>succeed him or herself, as there must be one reign in between.
> > This is
> > >>current law throughout the Society, and it is codified in Corpora.
> > The
> > >>proposed idea is after a second reign, the former king/queen must
> > wait
> > >>two reigns before he/she may enter a crown list, and if
> > victorious,
> > >>reign again.  After a third reign, the former king/queen must wait
> > three
> > >>reigns before he/she may enter a crown list, and possibly reign
> > again.
> > >>After a fourth reign, the former king/queen must wait four reigns
> > before
> > >>he/she may reign again, and so on.
> > >>
> > >>I place this idea in the arena of public debate, and look forward
> > to the
> > >>discussion it will generate.
> >
>
>Worst-case analysis:  Some of the reasons why reigns tend to revolve inside
>the same set of people is the requirement in law that the royalty must be 
>able
>to live of their own during their reign (a rule which I heartily support), 
>and
>the requirement in principle that they should travel the kingdom as much as
>they can.  Problem is, there are only so many people who have the money, 
>and
>the time, and the ability to recover quickly from event weekends, to meet
>those criteria.
>
>Enact the above proposal, and carry it on a little too long, and you could
>literally run out of people who can be crowned.  What then?  Waiting two
>reigns might be sensible.  Longer than that, there may be too many problems
>with the potential-royalty pool being too small.
>
>
>      Tomonaga
>
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>
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>And let the sky grow dark.
>The nock to the cord, the shaft to the ear,
>And a foreign king for a mark!
>
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>                By Robert E. Howard, who should be
>                  the patron saint of Ansteorra
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