[Ansteorra] Newcomers

[estarkey]

while true to a great extent, the seneschal has the *responsibility* to
insure that the financial commitee does not decide to spend sca funds on
inappropriate items.<G>  all i can say, is i really like financial
commitees, as it is an improvement, and insures more fiscal restraint within
a group.
ryah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L T" <ldeerslayer at yahoo.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: R-Re: [Ansteorra] Newcomers


> There was an "Officer's Handbook" in the SCA Publications of the SCA
website
> it covers general expectations and responsibilities of all the offices...I
don't know if
> it is still there or is carried by the SCA Marketplace (was Stockclerk)
still...it's worth hunting down...I copied off copies for all of our
officers once...but as with most stuff anyone hands to people, it probably
just got lost in rest of the info we all seem to collect.
>
> There is also a book...on the web that is titled... "Bright Ideas and True
Confessions"
> by Aelfled of Duckford...some of the material is dated and kingdom
specific...but it still contains a lot of really good info.
>
> One improvement to the info Ryah put out.... though the Seneschal is the
final say on a lot of things...all financial decisions (budget approvals for
events, expenditures over a certian amount, etc) are decided by the
financial committee...of which the Seneschal is one vote of.
>
> Lorraine DeerSlayer
>
>
> estarkey <estarkey at camalott.com> wrote:
> Since Isobel wrote that lovely long letter about newbies not knowing what
> some of the officers do in the SCA, I thought that I would send a bit
about
> what a seneschal does for the local group in the SCA. When I reread it (I
> had sent this to my group in our local newsletter about a year ago), I
> realized that it seemed to be quite a bit to do, and a lot of
> responsibility. It is, but I did have time for newcomers then, and still
do
> now. I admit that there are times that I get too busy to welcome newcomers
> and mentor them as I should. Thank you, Isobel, for reminding me how much
I
> need to remember about people starting out in the SCA.
>
> Will others who have held offices in the Society (Treasurer, Chronicler,
> Minister of Children, Knight Marshal, Rapier Marshal, Herald, Baron,
> Baroness, King, Queen, Kingdom and Regional levels, etc) please post what
> those jobs entail?
>
>
> Seneschal: The seneshal is the president of the local group, and is the
> person responsible for the overall actions of the group. Must be a
signatory
> on the groups bank account, a member of the groups finance committe,
> responsible for reviewing the monthly treasurer's report and providing one
> of the signatures for the report. The group's seneschal files a monthly
> report to the Region Seneschale, and also files an end of reign
> report and an end of year report. Reports must be to the Regional by
> certain dates. The Seneschal also sends a copy of this report to the
> group's treasurer, and keeps one copy for the Seneschal Files.. All other
> officers send a copy of their reports to the Seneschal as well as to their
> own regional. The seneschale must sign off on autocrats for shire events,
> and flyers that will be published in the kingdom newsletters. The
Seneschal
> supports the other officers of the shire, and helps them if they are
having
> problems with their office, or with their up-the-line officer. The
> seneschal should support all activities in the shire by presence and
> encouragement.
>
> The seneshal should attend most meetings/fighter practices/demos/ etc that
> are held by the shire. Will be contacted by people looking for the SCA in
> the area and should be prepared to give them information about the group
and
> the SCA and do some follow up contact, especially if the shire has no
> Hospitaler. The Seneschale runs the meetings of the Populace and of the
> Officers, making sure that business is conducted without unduly ruffling
> feathers (okay, make that not singeing....., well, not pulling them out by
> the handfuls at least). The seneschale's name, phone number, and email
> will be listed in the Kingdom newsletter as a point of contact, and also
on
> the Shire's web page.
>
> The Seneschal is one of the positions that must be filled if a shire is to
> remain a recognized group. The Seneschale and Treasurer cannot be the same
> person, nor can they live in the same household.
>
> As the Shire is not a democracy, the Seneschal must make some decisions
> about how things are going to be done, and if they are going to be done.
> However, being totally autocratic in a volunteer group always leads to
there
> being no group, so the seneschal should seriously take into account the
> wishes of the group as a whole, and get the group working together, not
> scattering. The pay is zero. The rewards, however, can be great.
>
>
> HL AmaRyah
> Western Regional Seneschal
>
>
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