[Ansteorra] Armor standards and the SCA minimum

[Michael Silverhands]

On Nov 8, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace wrote:
>> I'm not against simplifying the rules, but I don't think this is  
>> the best way to go.  I see as many disadvantages as advantages is  
>> all.
>
> I don't want to be insulting, but I have not yet seen a single  
> concrete example, from anyone, of a disadvantage to this proposed  
> change.
>
> lo vostre per vos servir
> Meser Lyonel Oliver Grace

Au contraire, good knight:

Ansgar quoth:
>> Try printing the rules out and then try to follow them flipping  
>> back and forth between our rules and addenda and the copy of the  
>> Society rules.

I happen to agree with this point, which I think is a concrete  
example of disadvantage.

Somebody has to "flip back and forth between our rules and addenda  
and ... the Society rules". This issue really boils down to: who do  
we make do that work? Where do we shift the effort?

Do we make one kingdom officer do it once (each time the rules are  
revised), and collate the rules into one document?

Or do we make every marshal and every fighter do it countless times,  
every time they want to look up a rule?

(And given that the society rules might not all be in one place, but  
might be scattered among various controlling documents, then whoever  
is making reference to the Society rules is required to have a  
certain level of expertise at navigating them. That's not so bad when  
the requirement falls on one kingdom officer; that "level of  
expertise" just becomes a requirement of the job, and not a terribly  
unreasonable one at that. But it can be a real problem when the  
requirement falls to everyone who needs to reference those documents.)

Other than that, I can see the points you are making about "single- 
sourcing".

In service,
Michael Silverhands