[Ansteorra] What's an AoA mean?

[Baronman at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/2006 7:03:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
morganbuchanan at hotmail.com writes:

Noone  but the Crown has the power and privilege to give someone their AoA, 
but  the experienced members of your local group certainly have the power to  
put in award recommendations to the crown based on their own criteria, but  
the final arbiter is the Crown.  Every Crown I've served directly  found 
giving AoA's as a singular honor, and one to be cherrished.   Your milage may 
vary, but I doubt it.

Yours most sincerely,
Sir  Morgan Buchanan 




Case in point- I played and worked for my Shire for almost 3 years- serving  
as knight marshal and the "Brute Squad" for many events and even co-autocrated 
a  Crown tournament with no AoA.  Didn't care cause I was having fun. Duchess 
 Rebecca discovered that I had never received my AoA- every body thought 
because  of every thing I was doing that surely I had an AoA.  I have forgotten 
who  the Crown was- I have forgotten which event it was but will never forget 
the  words when called into Court.  Never did get an AoA- but a Sable  Comet.
 Guess it must have been Haley's comet cause it seems like 80 years  ago.  
Guess that means I have to return soon.
Bors