[Ansteorra] Recommendation Quest

[Chiara]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cynthiadew1 at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:49 PM
Subject: [Apprentice] Recommendation Quest


:
: A Quest for the Apprentice list.
:
: Written with tongue firmly planted in cheek, but with a serious message
: intended....
: I am writing this because our poor court scribe has been given to hastily
: writing promissory award scrolls at the last minute before court.   The 
King and
: Queen would like to give the local members of the populace awards.   They 
know
: there are deserving people out there, but no letters were received 
extolling
: the work and accomplishments of the populace.   Imagine traveling the 
length
: and breadth of the kingdom to hold court and then to have no advice from 
the
: local populace on what awards to give.   The outcome of this is hastily 
made
: recommendations made the day of the event.    Deserving gentles go without
: recognition if they are not on the minds of King's vassals.   The Royal 
spies only
: travel so much and are not a reliable source of information on the local 
goings
: on.    The Courtiers, well, you know them, mostly interested in advancing
: their own fortunes.   Unfortunately the Royal Soothsayer's have not come 
up with
: a method for casting about for the names of deserving gentles.   Resulting 
in
: deserving members of your Kingdom are going unrecognized because your 
letters
: were not received.   Yes, I am aware that you have to do that really, 
really
: hard part ... the letters have to be either put in the mail or the 'sent'
: button hit.   You only need to be as eloquent as the Queen and your 
spelling only
: as good as the King's.   Now that should not be that hard, should it?   I 
am
: sure that there are Royal tutors able to read and willing to tell the 
Royal pair
: what you meant to say in your letters.    So please I beseech you, please
: help out your poor court scribes.   She would very much like to make out 
suitable
: scrolls even if they are promissory's the night before and not have the 
wet
: ink smudge the Royal's hands.
:
: I propose a quest for this list to do some not so random acts of kindness.
:
: The guidelines for writing recommendations for the Quest.
:
: Someone you do not know very well and they cannot be on this list.
: Check your Kingdom's OP (Order of Precedence) on the Heraldry page, make 
sure
: they do not already have the award you are recommending they for.
: The recommendation should be for a AOA or Grant level award.
: Read your kingdom webpage for any information on how to submit an award
: recommendation.
: Sent an extra copy of your recommendation letter to the persons local
: Baron/Baroness.   (They do tend to get asked about people from their local 
area who
: are recommended.
: Important!! Do not tell the person you have recommended them for an award.
: Better to look surprised than disappointed.
: If you are not sure if your kingdom's Royals pass on recommendation 
letters,
: send a copy to the new set of Royal.
:
: What do you get?
:     The satisfaction of knowing that you had a positive impact on someone.
: Even if they don't get the award right now, the extra letter you sent to 
the
: local landed baron/ess might get them noticed for a baronial award.   If 
they
: get the award, you get warm fuzzy feelings for maybe, just maybe lessening 
the
: disgruntled factor that happens when deserving people aren't recognized.
:
: Why??   I'm on the royal court right now.   I think the last three events 
I
: was at had only two recommendation letters written before the event.   If 
I had
: a dollar for every person sitting in court who deserved an award, well...
: I wouldn't have to worry about financing Pennsic this year.
:
: So, A Quest.   Partly complete when you sent that letter and successful 
when
: you get to report back.
:
: Cynthia,
:   Way too much time on my hands, tried of hearing about people who deserve
: awards and don't have them and willing to do something about it.