ANST - Questions about Kings & Queens

[Pug Bainter]

James Crouchet (jtc at io.com) said something that sounded like:
> > > What do people mean when they talk about an "ineffective crown"?
> > An ineffective crown is one that basically rides out the rein without doing
> > anything spectacular nor stirring up the water. These are the ones that
> > may not be remembered by the mass of the people. ON the other hand, they
> > are better in my opinion that those "bad crowns".
> I don't think this is completely accurate. Rather, an ineffective 
> crown is one that does not take care of problems when they arise and 
> does not give recognition that is deserved.

That is my definition of a "bad crown" depending on the level of
severity of what they don't do.

> It is entirely possible 
> for a crown to have a reign where no Peers, WS, etc. are ready to be 
> made and there is no great disaster for them to fix.

That is possible, but I don't think I've seen it in my SCA lifetime,
which is admittedly short in comparisson to others.

> I know we had a reign recently where no WS were made -- and most of us 
> were profoundly grateful. That did not mean that crown ignored us or 
> that their job among the WS was easy but most people (especially those 
> outside the rapier community) probably never heard about any of that.

Most people don't hear most of it. That doesn't mean that they are doing
a good, bad or ineffective job. *I* certainly don't know what all goes on
in behind the crowns, but I do make my own judgements of each one that
comes along from what I do see.

Basically *I* equate and inneffective crown and a non-memborable crown
as the same. You remember the good ones and the bad ones.

Ciao,

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