[Ansteorra-archery] The new award

[ironwyrm at juno.com]

Good points all gentlemen,

Since I had joined the SCA the idea of chivalry has always appealed to
me.  Although in the face of adversities placed before us at times it has
been a most difficult ideal to maintain.

I still consider myself a recent newcomer into this society and as such
when I did met those "legendary archers" of the SCA the first impressions
are still very fresh in my mind.  Let's face it, in general archers are a
rough hewn bunch, not at all what I had expected.  However, in time I
began witness upon the battlefields, ranges, sites, and courts our
archers passion and love of both our society and sport to make the
seduction complete.  I consider myself in good company to be counted
among you!  There is great chivalry and honor among the archers of
Ansteorra.  I would hope our premier members of the Order of Arcus
Majoris will consider the concept of the chivalrous archer when making
their suggestions to the crown for new inductees.

There has been some discussion of the "King's Archer" award and it's
relationship with the Order of Arcus Majoris.  If ones goal is to obtain
either these awards as a personal badge then you have sorely missed the
point here.  Not wishing diminish the honor of those holders of the braid
of the King's Archer I would dare say that if you hold that honor then
you could consider yourself on the right path for induction.  However I
would not want to see that become a requirement for an inductee into the
Order of Arcus Majoris.

Our premier members of the order do have a difficult task before them.
Setting the standards for all those who shall follow and walk that path.
Having had the honor of sitting in court during the announcement reading
& installation of the first member of the order I have the privilege to
know who the all premier members of the order are.  The creators of the
order did wisely in choosing three of the best representatives of our
archery community.  I would say they shall be up to that task!

Just a bit more fuel for the fire,

Ironwyrm


On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:51:01 -0600 "Duke, Wes" <WDuke at aegonusa.com>
writes:
> While there are indeed holders of the Kings Archer that should be
> considered
> for this award, I don't think it would be a good idea to just say
> that
> everyone is ready for this award. That in my opinion would be like
> saying
> everyone that has a Queens Rapier, or a Sable Falcon is ready for a
> White
> Scarf or a Centurion's Cloak.  Personally while I am honored to have
> been
> selected as one of the principles of this order, I don't have all
> the
> characteristics that are embodied in the Constitution. But as I have
> been
> told that one of our past Kings said when he was to be Knighted,  '
> If I am
> not ready I need to get there as fast as I can.' This is my
> intention. This
> order like everything else will evolve and change as time passes.
> What we as
> members of this Order does with this is up to us to influence the
> perception
> of this Order. If we seek to be seen in the same light as the Dons
> and
> Centurions, then we need to act like we want to be seen that way.
>
> HL Fearghus MacKenna
> CAM
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Bob Dewart [SMTP:gilli at seacove.net]
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:58 AM
> 	To:	ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
> 	Subject:	[Ansteorra-archery] The new award
>
> 	Greetings and Hi There,
>
> 	It is indeed a grand and glorious time we, as archers, live
> in.  And
> yet,
> 	there is so much more to be done.  HL Fearghus, the two yet
> named on
> this
> 	list (wonder who they could be, hummmmm) and the Crown will
> have a
> mighty
> 	task before them.  And that task is, "Who will be #4, 5, 6,
> etc?".
>
> 	How do you pick?  One logical step is to select folks from
> those who
> have a
> 	Kings Archer.  But many worthy people have yet to recieve
> that
> award.  If it
> 	were up to me, I'd waive a majic wand and make all those who
> have
> the Kings
> 	Archer, it's been given out with more or less the same
> frequency as
> a Grant
> 	award, members of the new order.  But I can't do that, can
> I?
>
> 	If you look through the marvolously organized mass of
> information HE
> Rumil
> 	has provided us in the OP (I'm still amazed at that thing,
> GOOD
> JOB), you'll
> 	see a wide range of amounts of the various awards given in
> any given
> year.
> 	It ranges from just one for both the WSA and the Iris in the
> first
> year of
> 	the Kingdom (also 83, 87, 91, 97 for the WSA) to the maximum
> of 36
> Iris
> 	given in 1995. If you look at the info yourself, you can do
> whatever
> 	statisical analiyis you wish.
>
> 	Anyway, let me put an end to this rambling of mine, got to
> get ready
> for
> 	work.  For some whatever the pace is will seem
> excruciatingly slow;
> for
> 	others too swift.  The award is for us archers.  Sooner or
> later,
> the books
> 	will come into balance.  In the mean time, shoot more
> arrows, you're
> bound
> 	to hit something.
>
> 	Gilli
>
>
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