[Ansteorra-archery] You want fries with that?

[Dewart, Charles R. --G3 Contractor (Anteon Corp)]

It worked well for us for many years.  Maybe because we let folks add their
own comments if they wanted.  Most comments were positive; however, some
were not.  For a long time there, several of us would talk about it, then
I'd write them up.  When it came time to sign them, I'd have several sheets,
depending on how many we were recommending.  I'd hand them to people and
told them to sign them or not, there choise.  And they'd go through them and
did as they wanted.  Some folks actually looked forwarded to doing the
awards like that.  They'd tell me that they were glad I did it because they
never knew what to say.

Some folks think it's a complicated thing to recommend someone for an award.
It's not; however, it can be emotional. (Yes, I admit it.  I'm a
marshmellow-crusty on the outside and pure goooo on the inside. ) I'll be
the first to admit I'm not the most elequant among us and at times my
ability to use this medium to express myself is less than adequate.
However, being an elder statesman is not required. Just tell them why you
think that person should get the award.  Do the best you can.  Remember to
put in the appropriate "Your Majesties".  But hey, they're folks too.

Gilli

-----Original Message-----
From: Rumil Fletcher [mailto:rumil at prodigy.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:21 AM
To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] You want fries with that?


>And I might add, almost every Crown is a little different on how they want
>the recommendations.  Some like a petition style while others prefer each
>person to make there own comments.

I would never recommend using a petition.  I am certain that many
crowns will reject a petition out of hand, on the grounds that the
signers may have been pressured into signing.  Without attempting to
speak for the Crown, I daresay that individual letters sent
individually (not in a packet) are much better.

>The more people who make recommendations, the better.  I can only take some
>small partial credit for 12 of those names on the two lists.  However, I'm
>working on adding a couple more.

Absolutely correct.  Most Crowns like to see a consensus of people in
the field voicing their approval.

I, for one, would like to see more awards for archery, particularly
Sable Thistles in the archery equipment building skills.  There seems
to be a lot of that going on in the Kingdom.  But we have no one to
blame but ourselves if no one is making recommendations.

Rumil
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